LAHORE/FAISALABAD/D.I.KHAN: Rainfall, thunder and windstorms claimed ten lives across various cities in the country, among them seven being workers of the Orange line project in Lahore.
Seven labourers in Lahore, two people in Dera Ismail Khan and a femalein Faisalabad died due to rain, thunder and windstorms across the country. In Lahore, the wall of an under-construction godownfell on a group of sleeping labourers.Seven labourers diedas a result of the wall collapse and four were injured. The victims were all working on the Orange train project.
According to rescue officials, the labourers had camped near agodown and were sleeping whenrain and windstorm caused the wall of the warehouseto collapse on them. Two workers who were trapped under the rubble, died on the spot while fivesuccumbed to their wounds in the hospital. As per rescue officials, four workers were injured in the incident, who were shifted to a hospital for medical treatment.
The three dead workers have been identified as Irfan, Usmanand Maqbool. The deceased labourersare from Mianwali and Rahim Yar Khan.
In Faisalabad's Ibn-e-Maryam Colony, the roof of a house collapsed, causing the death of an eight-year old girlwhile one other person wasinjured.The collapse of the roof had been brought about by rain.
In Dera Ismail Khan, two people died after being struck by lightening.