KARAK: Three persons, including women and children, were killed and nine others injured when a house collapsed following a gas explosion in the Alurgi Banda area of Banda Daud Shah tehsil in Karak district, rescue officials said on Friday.
Rescue 1122 spokesperson Asif Khattak said that the incident occurred late Thursday night after gas accumulated inside the house and exploded. The blast caused the entire structure to collapse.
Soon after receiving information about the incident, Rescue 1122’s disaster response team and ambulances reached the site and began a search and rescue operation. Rescue personnel pulled the victims from the rubble and shifted them to the District Headquarters Hospital, Karak.
The deceased were identified as a 55-year-old woman, a two-year-old girl, and a three-year-old boy.The nine injured include women and children, with their ages ranging from three to 60 years, according to the rescue service.The injured are receiving medical treatment at the hospital, while rescue authorities are gathering further details about the incident.
