One dies in gas cylinder explosion, building collapses
Bengaluru, May 6: One person was killed, three others including two children were injured and a building was collapsed when a gas cylinder exploded due to gas leakage at a gas agency in the Kadugodi police station limits in the city on Sunday.
The deceased is identified as Afsar Pasha (24) of Kadugodi and the injured were identified as Sultana (25) and two other children and were admitted to a private hospital.
The gas agency was situated at the ground floor of the building at Bapuji Circle of Kadugodi.| Apart from this, a cycle shop and a house were also there in the building. When the gas cylinder exploded at 10.30 am, the terrace of the building was collapsed. There were five persons when the building was collapsed. But Afsar Pasha who sustained severe injuries, breathed his last at a hospital. Three persons including two children were rescued. Fire Brigade and police who rushed to the spot engaged in rescue operation.
In the same way, they were also looking for those who were trapped below the building. It is said that illegal gas refilling was being carried out in the building when the incident was happened. Kadugodi police have registered a case.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
