Three hurt in blast near Matric Board Office

KARACHI: At least three  people were  injured and several vehicles were damaged after an explosion inside a shop in Nazimabad area of   the port city  in wee hours on Tuesday.

As per details, the  burger shop, where the cylinders were kept, caught fire  after the explosion and a major part of it collapsed, while two others were also damaged in powerful blast that created panic in the area.

Soon after the incident, law enforcers and rescue workers rushed to the site and shifted the injured to a nearby medical facility.

The bomb disposable squad  pointing to a leaking gas cylinder as the potential cause of a freak explosion which  hurt three and damaged several shops and vehicles.

A fire tender was also called in  the area to extinguish the fire that had erupted after explosion.