At least eight people were killed and five others injured after an ambulance caught fire at a hospital in Dano Dandhal, a town in Nagarparkar in Tharparkar district. Local officials said the victims were burnt in the blaze, while police linked the fire to a cylinder explosion inside the vehicle.
What officials said in Tharparkar
The Tharparkar deputy commissioner said eight people died after being burnt and five others were hurt. Three of the injured were shifted to Tehsil Hospital Nagarparkar for treatment, according to the same account.
Police said the fire broke out after a cylinder installed in the ambulance exploded. No further official detail was given in available accounts on what the ambulance was doing at the hospital when the blast occurred, or on the identities of those killed and injured.
Separate LPG blast in Sukkur
Earlier, two people were killed and four others injured when a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bowser—a tanker carrying cooking or industrial gas—exploded near the National Highway and motorway interchange in Sukkur. The dead were named as Adnan and Safdar, both drivers of the LPG bowser and both from Khushab.
Sukkur Deputy Commissioner Nadir Shahzad said the injured included drivers of other vehicles. The blast was powerful enough to throw debris several feet and cause severe damage to vehicles nearby. CCTV footage of the incident has also circulated.
Official response in Sukkur
District Council Chairman Syed Kumail Haider Shah visited the scene with the deputy commissioner and the Sukkur senior superintendent of police. Speaking to reporters, he said the injured were receiving the best possible medical care and could be moved to a private hospital or taken by air ambulance if needed.
The two incidents—cylinder fire in a Tharparkar ambulance and an LPG bowser blast in Sukkur—underline how gas stored under pressure can turn deadly in crowded or roadside settings. Further updates on victims’ names in Tharparkar and on any inquiries into either blast were not included in the accounts summarised here.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Tharparkar ke Nagarparkar mein hospital ke paas ambulance mein aag lag gayi. Cylinder phatne se 8 log janbahaq hue aur 5 zakhmi hue. Teen zakhmiyon ko Nagarparkar hospital bheja gaya. Sukkur mein pehle LPG tanker ka blast bhi hua tha, jisme do drivers mare.
