TAXILA: A woman died in a gas cylinder explosion in village Dakhner in Injra police area on Saturday.

Police quoting family sources said Naseem Akhter, 26, while preparing lunch for her family showed a match to a stove but LPG cylinder caught fire due to leakage and exploded.

As a result she received severe burns and was taken to THQ Hospital Jand.

But later was referred to Rawalpindi where she died. Police are investigating the case.

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2017

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