PESHAWAR: Five people were injured in a gas leak blast in a residential apartment in Board Bazaar area of the city on Friday.

Rescue 1122 said the blast took place due to gas leak on the third floor a residential apartment, leaving five people, including four women, injured.

Mobile videos of the blast shared on social media showed that the blast blew up balconies of two adjacent flats and some of the debris landed on the Bus Rapid Transit track several feet away.

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2022