TAXILA: Seven members of a family received burn injuries after their house caught fire due to gas leakage in Awan Sharif Mohallah in the limits of Attock police station in the early hours of Saturday, police and Rescue 1122 sources said.
According to district emergency officer Ali Hasnain, a woman switched on the stove to prepare breakfast when fire erupted and spread throughout the house.
He said two ambulances and a fire tender reached the spot and launched an operation to extinguish the fire and evacuate the injured, among them four women and two children.
The injured, including a 70-year-old woman and children aged four and three years, were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Attock. The children were in critical condition.
According to the police, fire erupted due to gas leakage.
Published in Dawn, February 19th, 2023
