Gas leaking in homes in Balochistan, 16 people killed in a week, explosions inside mud-walled houses
Balochistan Gas Leak: A senior official of the local police confirmed that several cases have been reported on a daily basis since last week, in which more than a dozen people died and dozens fainted due to gas leakage in their homes.
Highlights
- At least 16 people, including children, have died in gas leak incidents in a week
- A senior police officer confirmed that several cases have been reported on a daily basis since last week
- The problem of gas load shedding and leakage has come to the fore not only in Quetta but also in nearby areas like Ziarat and Kalat.
Islamabad. At least 16 people, including children, have died in gas leak incidents in Quetta city of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province in the last week. Four children of a family were killed after an explosion inside their mud-walled house due to a gas leak in Quetta’s Killi Badezai area on Wednesday, police said. Two women were injured in this incident.
Police said the children were sleeping when the gas filled the room and exploded, causing the walls of the house to collapse. In a separate incident, a police sub-inspector died after gas filled his room in another area of Quetta.
A senior police official confirmed that several cases have been reported on a daily basis since last week, in which more than a dozen people died and dozens fainted due to gas leakage in their homes.
According to reports, the problem of gas load shedding and leakage has come to the fore not only in Quetta but also in nearby areas like Ziarat and Kalat. Balochistan is currently in the grip of a severe cold for the last month.
