ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The army pilots have evacuated two child survivors of the earthquake who were badly burned when their tent caught fire, a statement said on Monday.
Twelve-year-old Saad and his sister Maria, 14, both received 80 per cent burns and their father was also injured in the blaze in the Basian tent village near Balakot late on Sunday.
They were evacuated by helicopter to a burns hospital in Kharian, some 200 kilometers southeast of Balakot, the statement said.
A total of 91 helicopters from Pakistan, the US, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and private relief organisations are flying relief supplies and airlifting injured earthquake survivors, it said.—AFP
