Man dies as explosion rocks Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan
A man died and three others, including a woman, were injured after an explosion rocked Gilani Town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan division on Saturday, media reports said.
Aizaz Mahmood, spokesperson for D.I. Khan’s Rescue 1122 service, confirmed the casualties from the same family in a statement to Dawn.com.
“A man died while four people, including three children and a woman, were injured in the blast,” the statement said. “The cause of the explosion could not be ascertained as of yet,” it added.
Mahmood said Rescue 1122’s medical and disaster rescue vehicles responded immediately under the supervision of Emergency Officer Nomanullah and the directives of District Emergency Officer Engineer Faseehullah.
All injured and the body of the deceased had been shifted to a hospital, Mahmood said, adding that the rescue teams were present on the incident site to clear the rubble.
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