PESHAWAR: At least 12 people sustained burns in a gas cylinder explosion in Dir Colony here on Monday evening.

Rescue 1122 said the LPG cylinder blast took place during Iftar at a baker’s shop, wherein 11 people sustained burns.

The injured were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital. Firefighters put out the blaze that engulfed the shop after the blast.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2019