TOBA TEK SINGH: Four children were burnt in a house fire in the Shaheen Town locality of Khanewal.
Rescue 1122 said the children were present in a room while their parents had gone to work. They were playing when they gave fire to a bundle of firewood. The fire spread to all rooms of the house.
The firefighters extinguished the fire and rescued the children. Three of them, Noor Khan (8), Misbah (6) and Mahrosh (3) were critically burnt and they were shifted to the DHQ Hospital. Their fourth sibling, Ahmad Ali (9), received minor burns and he was given first aid.
Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2023
