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NEW DELHI: At least 5 people died and 50 got injured in a gas explosion caused due to severe heat conditions in Pakistan‘s Sindh, the officials said on Friday.
“Four children and a woman have died after a gas cylinder explosion inside a shop left 50 other people injured in the Pakistani city of Hyderabad,” the police said.
The accident occurred on Thursday in a Hyderabad-area shop in Sindh when a gas cylinder malfunctioned and blew up.The injured were taken to the hospital and five of the victims passed away on Friday.
“After the explosion, the fire quickly spread on the residential floors,” the official said.
He further claimed that Sindh’s current extreme heat conditions, with some areas seeing temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius, is most likely the reason the gas cylinder exploded.
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