Two injured in cylinder blast at Karachi eatery
Pakistan
A food street has been established in residential area and it is the fourth cylinder blast
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Two people were injured in a cylinder blast in an eatery near Maskin Chaurangi area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi.
SSP East Irfan Ali Bahadur also confirmed the incident as he said that the cylinder blast took place in a fast-food restaurant.
“The shop was closed at the time of blast and there was a large number of cylinders in the shop,” said the police.
Two passerby sustained injuries in the blast and they were immediately shifted to the nearby hospital. The injured are now out of danger, the rescue officials said.
The vehicles parked outside the apartment were badly damaged in the blast. The police said that the rescue operation is still in progress.
The residents claimed that they had moved a written complaint to Mayor Karachi in July 2023 regarding illegal use of cylinders in the area but no action was taken.
“A food-street has been established in the Alla Noor apartments and it was fourth blast in the area,” said the residents.
They added that vehicles worth 20 million were damaged in the blast and district administration is responsible for the loss.
