Tharparkar DC confirms eight dead in hospital ambulance fire
A cylinder explosion inside an ambulance at a hospital in Dano Dandhal left eight dead and five hurt; three injured were moved to Tehsil Hospital Nagarparkar, police and local officials said.
Eight people died and five were injured when an ambulance caught fire at a hospital in Dano Dandhal, Nagarparkar, Tharparkar.
Police said a cylinder fitted in the ambulance exploded and sparked the blaze.
Three of the injured were shifted to Tehsil Hospital Nagarparkar for treatment, the deputy commissioner said.
Separately, an LPG bowser explosion near the National Highway and motorway interchange in Sukkur killed two drivers and injured four others.