In Punjab, four labourers were injured when an under construction bridge collapsed in Rahim Yar Khan district
Xinhua
May 08, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
At least seven children were killed and another one was injured when a water tank made of bricks and cement collapsed in Mohmand district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, rescue officials said on Saturday.
The children aged between four and 12 years were playing near the tank when walls collapsed on them, Abdullah Mohmand, spokesperson of Rescue 1122 told Xinhua.
He added that the children remained trapped under the debris of the tank until the residents and rescue teams retrieved the bodies and the injured from the rubbles.
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A fire broke out at a cardboard factory in New Karachi on Thursday and also spread to the next-door towel factory, while another blaze was reported at a thread factory in Shah Faisal Colony.Fire.
Owner claims blast at ice factory was caused by bomb
Authorities still suspect ammonia gas leak to be the probable cause of explosion
Ceiling of the factory, located near Saba Cinema, collapsed under the weight of the explosion. PHOTO: TWITTER/ @Karachi Update
KARACHI:
As the authorities continue to suspect ammonia gas leak as the probable cause of the blast in an ice factory in New Karachi Industrial Area on Tuesday, the factory s owner has claimed that the explosion was a result of a bomb attack.
In a video statement issued on Friday, the factory owner, Moin Qadri, who had been staying in Britain for the past four months, said the explosion was a consequence of a malicious act .
KARACHI: Police on Wednesday launched a probe to ascertain the exact causes of Tuesday’s explosion in a New Karachi ice factory as two more injured victims died lifting the death toll to 10, officials said.
At least eight people were killed and several others injured when the huge explosion took place in the factory, destroying its infrastructure. The powerful blast destroyed the ground-plus-one factory structure and badly damaged two other neighbouring industrial units while shattering the windowpanes of houses in the densely populated locality.
The officials feared that the death toll might rise further as the condition of three injured persons was stated to be precarious.