Children among 24 injured in Turbat gas cylinder explosion
The blast resulted in a huge fire, which engulfed the shop, located in the city’s main market, and injured people nearby
November 28, 2018
TURBAT: Twenty-four people, including 12 children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in a shop.
The blast resulted in a huge fire, which engulfed the shop, located in the city’s main market, and injured people nearby.
Ten students of a school next to the shop were also among the wounded.
The shop sustained serious damage due to the fire.
The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital, Turbat. Later, 13 of them were transferred to Karachi via a flight, the medical superintendent said. Four were discharged after administering first aid while seven are under treatment in the civil hospital.
Commissioner Makran added that all injured would be taken to Karachi.
Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan expressed sorrow over the incident and instructed authorities to provide quality medical care to the injured. He also said that the provincial government will bear all expenses of the medical treatment.
