LAHORE, March 18: Two workers were killed and three others injured when boiler of a spinning mills exploded in Sundar on Sunday.

The police said one of the two boilers of Omer Spinning Mills exploded, leaving five workers injured.

The injured were taken to Jinnah Hospital where Adnan, of Toba Tek Singh, and Waqar, of Dunyapur, succumbed to their wounds. Two were discharged from hospital after first aid while third identified as Shabbir was still under treatment.

Sadar Operations SP Shoaib Khurram Janbaz said a case would be registered against the factory owner and his staff for showing negligence.

FIRE: A fire broke out in the house of Iqbal in Begum Kot, Shahdara, on Sunday, burning down valuables worth thousands of rupees. The Rescue-1122 said the fire erupted owing to short-circuiting.