8 people sustained injuries in gas leakage explosion in Abbottabad.

ABBOTTABAD -- At least 8 people including women and children were critically injured in Mirpur Maira due to a gas leakage and explosion incident, the injured were brought to Ayub Teaching Hospital (ATH).

The Rescue 1122 teams reached the spot and extinguished the fire which erupted due to an explosion and recovered eight injured from the house and shifted them to ATH. Hospital Director Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed issued instructions to the DMS Dr. Rehman Durrani on duty to provide all medical facilities and take special care of the patients injured in the blast.

Ayub Teaching Hospital's burn unit staff and on-call surgical unit staff were called to the emergency for a quick response and...

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