CHINIOT, June 9: Three members of a family were burnt alive and as many sustained critical burn injuries when fireworks material exploded in Mohallah Noorwala, Jhang Road, late on Saturday night.

Shaukat Ali was manufacturing fireworks when the explosive material blew up and fire engulfed the house.

His wife, two sons Goga and Abdul Ghaffar were burnt alive while he himself, son Ramzan and a servant sustained serious burn injuries. They were shifted to the Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.

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