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Police and rescue workers busy in rescue work after a blast on second floor of Nasir Mohmand Surgical Hospital in Sheikhabad area of Peshawar on Wednesday. – Photo by APP
PESHAWAR: At least eight persons were injured in a blast on second floor of Nasir Mohmand Surgical hospital at Sheikhabad area on Wednesday, police said.
The doctors and paramedical staff were busy in attending patients on second floor when a gas cylinder exploded, injuring eight people including three children.
The injured were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital.
The hospital's electric transformer and nearby shops caught fire. The fire-brigade staff rushed to the area and extinguished it. The flames were seen from long distance. Police cordoned off the area and started the search operation.
