LAHORE: Five shops were reduced to ashes in a fire which erupted when a gas cylinder exploded in an adjacent shop at Waris Chowk in Green Town here on Friday.
Rescue officials said the cylinder shop exploded with a bang and the fire also engulfed four electronics shops, gutting valuables worth millions of rupees.
Firefighters along with residents and shopkeepers brought the fire under control after about a four-hour struggle.
The loss was being estimated by shopkeepers.
Published in Dawn, February 6th, 2016