KARACHI: According to authorities in the port city early on Monday, the number of fatalities from the cylinder explosion in Hyderabad’s Preetabad neighborhood has now reached 12 as an additional individual passed away from his wounds.
According to information from Karachi’s Civil Hospital, Munshi’s 45-year-old son M Akram passed away early on Monday. The horrible incident left his body entirely scorched.
The News reports that the 32-year-old victim Faizan Ishaq had funeral prayers held in Faizan Madina Affandi Town before he passed away.
On Sunday, Hyderabad Mayor Kashif Shoro visited Preetabad to convey his condolences to the victims’ families.
He told the grieving families that the Sindh government was deeply sorry for the terrible deaths.
Rs. 500,000 will be given to each injured person and Rs. 1 million will be given to the families of each deceased person.
Later, the mayor of Hyderabad visited the burn unit at the Civil Hospital in Karachi and asked how the injured patients were doing. Shoro was accompanied on the tour by Pakistan Peoples Party leader Farid Qureshi, Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Municipal Commissioner Jam Zahoor Ahmed Lakhan, Town Municipal Corporation Nerun Kot Chairman Manthar Jatoi, and Mayor Qazi Abdul Rasheed of Nawabshah.
In the Preetabad neighborhood of Hyderabad, there was a store selling liquefied petroleum gas cylinders when the horrific explosion happened on Thursday. Following the initial burst at 6 o’clock in the evening, people hurried toward the business to put out the fire. However, a second, very loud explosion occurred, engulfing the shop in flames and starting fires throughout
