12 killed, 13 others injured due to gas cylinder explosion in Pakistan

SANAA, Dec. 20 (YPA) – 12 people were killed and 13 others were injured as a result of a gas cylinder explosion in a store in Lasbila district of southwestern Balochistan province of Pakistan.

China’s Xinhua news agency quoted Deputy Commissioner of the region Murat Khan Qasi as saying: a gas cylinder exploded in a store in Lasbela area during the refilling process yesterday, causing a huge explosion and fire in neighboring stores, and resulted in the injury of 25 people who were hospitalized, but 12 of them died while receiving treatment.