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Two hurt in gas-filled safe explosion in Orangi shop

By Our Correspondent
March 20, 2018

Two men were injured when gas accumulated in a safe and the metal box exploded in a cloth market shop in Orangi Town No. 15 on Monday. Orangi Town Division SP Abid Ali Baloch told The News that the explosion took place in Qayyum Fabrics in the Bangla Bazaar, leaving Khurram, 35, son of Qayyum, and 18-year-old Sharjeel, son of Tauheed Alam, injured. He said the two were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors declared Sharjeel’s condition serious as he had been hit by a flying piece of the safe in his head.