According to the police, the massive gas load shedding and low pressure caused the gas leak.
Karachi:
At least 16 people, including children, have died in gas leak incidents in Quetta city of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province over the past week.
Four children of a family were killed inside a mud wall house after an explosion caused by a gas leak in Quetta’s Killi Badzei area on Wednesday, police said.
Two women have also suffered injuries in this incident.
Police said the children were sleeping when gas filled the room and exploded, causing the walls of the house to collapse.
In a separate incident, a police sub-inspector died after his room was filled with gas in another area of Quetta.
A senior police officer confirmed that several cases have been reported on a daily basis since last week, in which more than a dozen people died and dozens fell unconscious due to gas leakage in their homes.
They said massive gas load-shedding and low pressure caused the leak.
According to reports, the problem of gas load shedding and leakage has come to the fore not only in Quetta but also in nearby areas like Ziarat and Kalat.
Balochistan is currently in the grip of severe cold and severe cold since last one month.
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