BAHAWALPUR: The cylinder explosion at a shop on BahawalpurMultanroadside village ShahnalAdda, 25 kilometres from Lodhran, last week has claimed seven lives so far.
Dawn learned Rana Nadeem andMuhammad Riaz succumbed to their injuries late on Thursday while five others Qari Shahid, Zain Abbas, Sajjad Husain, Aurengzeb and Muhammad Akmal expired at the Multan Nishtar Hospital on Friday, according to Gailiwali Station House Officer Mehboob Elahi.Nineteen people had suffered when the explosion occurred during decanting at a cylinder shop. Of them, 14 were brought to the Bahawal Victoria Hospital for treatment but were shifted to the burns unit of Nishtar hospital, Multan, where seven have died.
