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SWABI: Three tobacco godowns were gutted here on Saturday, causing losses worth millions of rupees to the farmers.
Luqman Khan, a Rescue 1122 official, said a godown owned by Jan Wali Khan caught fire in Jaganat village, reducing to ashes the tobacco stored inside.
He said a godown in Yar Hussain village, where cured Virginia tobacco was stored, was also destroyed by fire.
Owner Mohammad Zahir Shah said the blaze had incurred huge financial losses on him.
Fire also reduced to ashes tobacco in a godown in Jalbai village owned by Khalal Khan.
The rescue officials said the number of fire incidents in tobacco godowns had reached to nine in the district during the last 15 days.
Due to falling of these stones, the support of the other stones around them has gone and they have become weakened and thus warrant immediate repairs to avoid any grave mishap, Bukhari said.
PESHAWAR: Three persons died and 11 others sustained wounds when a speeding car hit four motorcycles on the Ring Road here on Monday afternoon, rescue officials said.
A Rescue 1122 spokesperson said a speeding car coming from the Hayatabad side crossed the median and hit motorcyclists, resulting into four deaths and 11 injuries.
He said three of the injured were in critical condition.
He said the car driver while trying to bring the vehicle under control hit a speed-breaker, veering into the opposite lane and crashing into four bikes.
In a statement, the Hayatabad Medical Complex said two bodies and nine injured were brought to the health facility, where one of the injured, Syed Nawaz, also succumbed to wounds.