KARACHI: The death toll from tragic gas cylinder explosions in Hyderabad has reached 6 while 25 injured were under treatment in Burns Centre Karachi.
According to the details, many people have been injured in the gas cylinder explosions, most of them have more than 60 percent burns and the condition of most of them is critical, 25 injured were brought to Karachi for treatment, out of which 6 children died.
Citizens have demanded action against illegal Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sellers.
It should be noted that there was an explosion and a fire in a gas cylinder shop in Paretabad, a densely populated area of Hyderabad, while filling the cylinder with gas.
According to the police, after an explosion, people went to the shop to save the owner of the shop, then a second explosion took place in which more people were injured, while women and children were also among the injured.
Following the tragic incident of gas cylinder explosion in Paretabad area of Hyderabad, a series of actions against illegal LPG filling points started on the special instructions of the Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Zainul Abedeen Memon.
A crackdown was carried out in unit No. 4, Latifabad led by the Assistant Commissioner (AC) Latifabad Saud Ahmed Baloch and Mukhtiarkar Ali Sher Badrani. According to an official handout issued on Friday, AC Latifabad sealed three illegal LPG shops in the area and arrested 03 accused, handing over them to the relevant police stations for further action.
The Assistant Commissioner Saud Baloch expressed that establishing LPG filling points in densely populated areas was illegal and all such illegal LPG filling points will be sealed to prevent any untoward incidents.
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Meanwhile, 15 other illegal LPG filling points in different areas of Qasimabad were also sealed during the operation led by the Assistant Commissioner Qasimabad Abdul Wahid Chana.
