PESHAWAR, May 21: Around 17 persons, including women and children, went unconscious apparently due to gas leakage at two different localities during wee hours on Tuesday.

The affected persons were taken to Lady Reading Hospital where they were stated to be in stable condition with several of them allowed to go home.

Hospital sources said that apparently the leakage was caused by pipes supplying natural gas to generators. The first incident took place at Zargarabad area at the residence of Bakhtawar Khan.

Ten persons, including seven children, got affected from gas leakage there and were shifted to hospital in the morning.

Later, at another residence at Rehman Baba locality in the city seven persons, including four children, fainted in similar manner. —Bureau Report