KOT ADDU: Five people were killed and three injured in an explosion inside a house in Kot Addu on Thursday.
According to rescue and health authorities, the incident was reported in Daira Deen Panah area of Kot Addu. The bodies of the deceased and those injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.
A police spokesperson informed that the blast took place in a home-built junk shop. He added that security agencies were at the spot to ascertain nature of the blast.
The spokesperson stated that the deceased were identified as Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Bilal, Haseena Mai, Shanu Mai and Sadia Bibi.
Punjab Inspector General of Police Dr Usman Anwar took notice of the blast and sought a report from the police officers. The IG warned of strict legal action, to be taken after ascertaining the facts of the incident.
Earlier, in a separate incident in Rawalpindi, a teenage boy lost his life while eight others, including women and children, sustained injuries as a result of a powerful gas cylinder blast that ripped through a two-storied residential building in the Peoples Colony area.
The condition of one of the injured victims, who sustained burns up to 80 per cent, was stated to be critical.
According to sources, in the aftermath of the explosion, a large part of the two-storied house situated on Street 62 collapsed.
