At least six members of a family died on Tuesday in an explosion caused by the gas leakage in Sirki Kalan area of Quetta. Police officials said that six ill-fate members of a family, including two women, were killed while four others were injured when the roof of the house collapsed after the gas explosion.
Those who lost their lives in the explosion were the family of the prayer leader of a local mosque, they added. Soon after the incident, the neighbours gathered at the site and started rescue efforts, shifting the injured to Civil Hospital Quetta for medical treatment. It is the fourth such incident of gas leakage in Quetta during the last four months, in which more than three members of a family died in each gas leak-related mishap.
Meanwhile the Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has announced compensation for family members of those security personnel who embraced martyrdom in Sibi bomb blast. According to an official hand-out, 4 million rupees will be paid to each family while one million rupees additional will also be given to each martyr’s family. The Chief Minister said additional compensation will be given to seriously and minor injured.
