Authorities in Karachi said on Monday that a petrol station explosion (gas cylinder explosion) that happened during the emptying of cylinders resulted in at least three fatalities and numerous badly injured individuals. A residential structure of two stories collapsed as a result of the explosion.
Approximately 15 million people live in Karachi, the nation’s commercial hub, where incidents of this nature are common. Without any safety regulations in place, a sizable number of petrol stations have been built as tiny shops in residential areas.
Senior Superintendent of Police Arif Aslam Rao informed the media that the event took place at the Machar Colony in the city. “Gas cylinders brought in a Suzuki pickup were being unloaded at the filing station inside a shop when one cylinder burst, causing a chain reaction with other cylinders also detonating,” Rao said.
“The resulting blast led to the collapse of the two-story building beneath which the shop was situated.”
According to Karachi police surgeon Dr. Summiya Syed, three dead were removed from the blast site, while four more individuals suffered serious injuries. The overall death toll could rise as a result.
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Twenty individuals were hurt and brought to the Civil Hospital, while three people lost their lives. Six of the twenty Syed claims sustained burns, and four of them are critically ill.
Because these instances were occurring frequently, a team from a counterterrorism agency came to check the location. “We did not find any proof of terrorism during the initial investigation,” stated Raja Umar Khattab, the top counterterrorism officer. “But as the lab tests are released, a more complete picture will become apparent.”
Karachi had two fatal mall fires in less than two weeks.
Pakistan’s largest city is home to hundreds of industrial facilities as well as some of the tallest skyscrapers in the nation.
Even yet, the city has 22 fire stations, a little over a thousand active fire tenders, a handful of snorkels, and just over a thousand firefighters—a pitifully tiny number for a city that experiences hundreds of fire incidents every year.
A large fire that burned a chemical plant in the city in August 2021 claimed ten lives, while a fire at a textile company in April claimed the lives of four firefighters and injured nearly a dozen more.
The deadliest of these incidents took place in 2012 when 260 workers at a textile company became trapped by fire, which ultimately led to their deaths.
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