Boy injured in LPG blast dies

Published August 10, 2007

KASUR, Aug 9: One of the eight victims, who had sustained serious burn injuries on Wednesday’s LPG cylinder blast, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore.

The deceased, Muhammad Ahmed, 13, was the only son of his parents.

Ishrat Bibi and her seven children, including six daughters, had received serious injuries when the LPG cylinder exploded in the kitchen of their house at Javed Nagar in Pattoki. They had been shifted to Jinnah Hospital in critical condition.

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