Factory worker dies, eight injured in gas cylinder blast in Lahore's Gulberg
LAHORE: A worker died while his eight colleagues were injured, three of them critically, when a gas cylinder exploded in a factory on the Gurumangat Road, Gulberg, on Sunday.
The blast took place on the first floor of the Shezan Bakers factory where more than 40 employees were busy at work.
A spokesperson for Rescue 1122 said that as a result of the blast , a part of the building collapsed which occurred soon after leakage in the gas cylinder. He identified the deceased worker as Sajid (35) and added that rescuers shifted the injured to hospital.
Published in Dawn, November 2nd, 2026
