PESHAWAR: Three children of a family were killed and two persons including a woman sustained injuries when the roof of a house collapsed after a gas cylinder explosion on Pajagi Road in Peshawar on Wednesday night, rescue officials said.
They stated that Rescue 1122 dispatched three ambulances along with disaster response teams to the area after receiving a call about the incident.
They added that a search and rescue operation was launched soon after the teams reached the spot.
They said that initially, two children were evacuated but they were in critical condition.
Two more children and a woman were also rescued later and shifted to Lady Reading Hospital, they added.
‘Three children died. A woman and a child sustained injuries after the roof collapsed following the gas cylinder explosion,’ Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Faizi told Dawn.