PESHAWAR: At least four people sustained injuries when a gas pipeline exploded in a bakery in Peshawar’s Barisko area on Sunday.
Soon after the explosion, the bomb disposal unit was called, which confirmed it was a gas pipeline explosion. The police said that a house next to the bakery was also damaged. No casualty has been reported in the incident.
According to police sources, one person was shifted to the hospital, and the rest did not suffer serious injuries. Earlier, four people, including two women and one child suffered serious burns when an LPG cylinder caught fire at a house in the Yaka Toot area of Peshawar.
Sources informed that all of them suffered severe burn injuries when a fire erupted in the upper portion of the house shortly after the blast. The cause of the incident was said to be a cylinder explosion, which resulted in the collapse of one portion of the house.
Earlier, a cylinder blast happed in Quetta resulting in injuries and damage to infrastructure. Four people had reportedly suffered serious burns in the blast. On Thursday, at least nine people, including children, were injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Gujranwala.
According to rescue sources, the gas cylinder exploded during a marriage ceremony in the house in the Qila Didar Singh area of Gujranwala. As a result, nine people were injured.
Rescue sources further said that the gas cylinder exploded with a big bang and caused the fire in the house where a marriage ceremony was carried on. Rescue officials said that nine people suffered serious burns injuries. The injured people were shifted to the hospital for treatment.
