OKARA / TOBA TEK SINGH: Two women and a child were killed while five others sustained injuries in two separate incidents at firework factories on Saturday.
In one incident on Shergarh Road in village 33/1AL, the roof of a house in which fireworks were being prepared collapsed after an explosion. Rescue 1122 said that six persons of the same family were buried under debris and rescuers and villagers recovered the trapped persons from under the debris.
Rescue 1122 said that two sisters Razia and Shaheen, daughters of Abdul Ghafoor, were found dead, while Farzana and her 9-year-old son Osama, and Safia with her 12-year-old son Rehan were found injured and were shifted to the City DHQ Hospital.
Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ikram Malik also reached the hospital to inquire about the health of the victims. He directed the hospital administration to take good care of the victims and also directed the concerned department to probe the incident.
In a separate incident near Faisalabad, a child was killed and his father sustained critical injuries after an explosion at a fireworks factory in Chak 206 RB Makkuana in Khurrianwala police area.
According to initial information, Syed Azadar Hussain (12) and his father Syed Fakhar Abbas (45) were preparing fireworks in their unlawfully established fireworks factory in an outhouse of a retired police sub-inspector.
After a sudden blast in the factory, its roof caved in and the father and son were seriously burnt. Azadar Hussain succumbed to his injuries on the spot while his father had been shifted to the burns unit of the Allied Hospital. He is said to be in a very critical condition as more than 70 percent of his body has been burnt. Dawn Report