Minors among seven burned in gas explosion

KARACHI: Seven individuals, including two women and four children, were critically injured in a devastating gas leak explosion at a residential house in Baldia Town on Wednesday.

The victims, including 35-year-old Abid, his wife 30-year-old Iman (alias Fiza), and their four children—three-month-old Zainab, seven-year-old Muhammad Hassan, eight-year-old Hussain, and 10-year-old Aiman—along with 50-year-old Rukhshana, were severely burned. They were immediately shifted to the Civil Burns Ward for treatment.