KARACHI: In an apparent gas cylinder burst incident on Wednesday, the roof of a five-storey building and some part collapsed in the port city’s Liaquatabad Town wherein at least two including a child have confirmed died while several have suffered injuries, ARY News reported.
The roof on the top floor of a five-storey building, built on a 45-yard piece of land, fell down in a cylinder blast which also knocked down part of a building whose debris fell on the ground. A rescue operation to clear the rubble is underway while confirming two have died including a child.
A bike has aslo crumbled under the building wreckage that came crashing down on the street in Liaquatabad’s block 9.
Police said the incident took place when a gas cylinder burst while cooking was underway in the kitchen.
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Separately today in Karachi, in a horrific firing incident to have taken place in Lyari town, at least one 55-year-old, who presided over a youth association, has succumbed to bullet injures outside his office and died on spot, police confirmed.
Police said the 55-year-old has been identified as one Ali Baksh who was killed earlier today outside of his office in the Baghdadi Police Station remits of Lyari town.
