Gas cylinder blast kills man in Charsadda

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CHARSADDA: A gas cylinder blast killed a worker of a filling station and destroyed the CNG station here on Sunday.

The worker was filling CNG in a car at Shabqadar filling station when the gas cylinder of car exploded with a bang.

The worker identified as Nisar Khan was killed on the spot while the filling station and the car were destroyed in the blast.

The injured driver of the car escaped after the blast. Shabqadar police registered FIR against the unidentified car driver and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, August 24th, 2015

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