KARACHI: A man, his wife and two children suffered burns when a gas cylinder exploded in their Surjani Town home on Friday, police and rescue services officials said.

They said that the injured were identified as Abdul Rehman, 55, his wife, Sumaira, 40, and their children Fiza and Mohammed Yusuf.

Area SHO Bashir Wadho said that someone from the house lit a matchstick for cooking and the leaking cylinder caught fire and exploded.

The injured were taken to the Burns Centre of the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), where their condition was stated to be out of danger.

Meanwhile, another couple suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out in their house in Landhi on Friday.

The Quaidabad police said that the fire erupted due to a short circuit in the refrigerator due to which Umer Ishaq, 35, and his wife Tania, 30, suffered burn wounds.

Two men shot by robbers

At least two persons were shot at and wounded by armed robbers over resistance in the city on Friday.

In Surjani Town, police said 22-year-old Muhammad Ali was shot at and wounded when he put up resistance to a robbery bid in Khuda Ki Basti.

Young Husain Ali was shot and wounded by muggers over resistance at New Subzi Mandi on Superhighway, said SITE Superhighway Industrial Area police.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2023