At least seven people including women sustained serious burn injuries as a result of two cylinder blasts in Karachi and Peshawar on Friday. In Karachi, a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder exploded at a house in Orangi Town area in which three women sustained injuries. The cylinder exploded when the women were cooking food. Fire brigade and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital. Separately in Peshawar, four people sustained injuries when a cylinder exploded at a house. A Rescue spokesperson said the cylinder blast occured at a house in Peshawar's Ijazabad Gulbahar-IV area. The roof of the house caved in as a result of explosion and injured four people. Rescue teams were busy in removiing the rubble. The injured were shifted to hospital after providing necessary first aid.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)