Six people were killed including women and children and four others got hurt in a cylinder blast in a house in Quetta on Tuesday. According to Provincial Disaster Management Authority, a gas cylinder was exploded in a house in Sarki Kalan in Quetta near 4:30am. As a result, the house was completely destroyed and six persons including 2 women and four children were killed. Four other people also sustained critical injuries during the blast.

The dead included: Ibad Ullah (3), Misbah (7), Hammad (8), Tanzeela (9), Gul Zareen (28) and Tahira Bibi (35).  The injured were identified as: Ghazali (3), Imdad Ullah (12), Siddique Ullah (27) and Maulvi Abdul Aziz (45). The injured and dead belonged to the same family. The PDMA was busy in relief activities.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP