KARACHI – At least eight people were injured after a huge explosion ripped through a hotel near Bilal Chowrangi in the seaside metropolis late on Thursday.
Some reports claimed that it was a cylinder blast while cops told media outlets that a portion of the affected hotel was established over a drain, hinting at the possibility of another sewer gas blast in the country’s largest city.
Rangers and Sindh police personnel rushed to the sport soon after the explosion and cordoned off the area. Three persons were rescued from the drain in semi-consciousness state, per reports.
Earlier this year, a huge gas cylinder rocked a residential building in the Lyari neighbourhood, resulting in injuries to six people including women and children.
Blasts due to gas cylinders have been reported frequently in the port city which even led to loss of human lives.
