LAHORE: Five people died and three others were injured in rain-related incidents in central parts of the province on Saturday.

Two persons died while another was injured in a roof collapse incident at Canal View Society on Bedian Road.

Rescue teams reached the spot, pulled out the bodies and shifted them to the Jinnah Hospital.

The city witnessed two hours of modest rain on Saturday morning causing disruption of electricity supply for hours.

The rain started in different parts of the city in the morning and continued till afternoon. The low-lying areas of the city were inundated and people remained indoors.

TOBA TEK SINGH: A man was electrocuted and two other persons were injured in two rain-related accidents in Faisalabad.

In Jahangiria Town on Satiana Road, Zeeshan, 25, and Rizwan, 26, were installing a water pump when a steel pipe they were holding touched a live wire. They suffered electric shocks. Ali died on the spot while Iqbal was injured and taken to the DHQ Hospital.

Shafiq, 28, was injured when he suffered an electric shock while draining water out of the roof of a house during rain at D-Type Colony. He was shifted to a hospital in Samanabad.

CHINIOT: Two children died as the roof of their house at Chak 139-JB collapsed due to a heavy rain.

Ayesha (10) and Irfan (3) were under the roof when it caved in, burying them under the debris.

Rescue 1122 workers shifted them to the DHQ Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2022