KARACHI: One of the six workers wounded in a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder explosion inside an industrial unit of Korangi on Saturday afternoon succumbed to his wounds during treatment on Sunday, Awami Colony police and hospital officials said on Sunday.

The condition of three other workers was stated to be critical as well.

Awami Colony SHO Shahid Khan said that the cylinder blew up inside Kamran engineering company in Sector-27 of Korangi Industrial Area in which five persons were burnt while the sixth one received head injuries.

Electric panels are manufactured at the factory, where the LPG cylinder exploded.

The police officer said that the exact cause of the explosion could not be ascertained yet.

The wounded workers were taken to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi for treatment.

Additional surgeon Dr Qarar Ahmed Abbasi told Dawn on Sunday that one injured worker, Saud, 18, died during treatment. He had received 100pc burns.

Dr Abbasi added that the condition of two other burnt workers — Kasoo, 30, and Tariq, 55 — was critical as they also sustained between 95 per cent and 100pc burn wounds.

The hospital official said that Jameel, who received head injuries, was also in critical condition.

Other wounded workers were identified as Zia, 20, and Anees, 25.

The area SHO said that so far no one had approached the police for lodging a case against the factory owner.

Published in Dawn, October 22nd, 2018