Oxygen cylinder blast kills 10 in Nagarparkar ambulance

A child treated at a Karachi trauma facility also died. Victims included a pregnant woman, health centre staff and caregivers; seven were from the Hindu community.

Ten people have died after a cylinder exploded inside an ambulance in Nagarparkar tehsil, Tharparkar.

A child under treatment at a Karachi trauma facility also died, taking the toll to 10.

Among the dead were a pregnant woman, health centre staff and caregivers.

PPHI Sindh’s head said the exploded cylinder was oxygen; an LPG cylinder in the ambulance was not in use.

Seven of the dead were from the Hindu community; last rites and other funeral prayers have been held.

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