6 killed in cylinder blast at hospital in N. Pakistan

At least six people were killed and 12 others injured in a gas cylinder blast at a hospital in Pakistan's northern Attock district, local reports said.

The incident happened in District Headquarters Hospital where the hospital's building was partially collapsed due to the cylinder explosion, local news channel said Monday night, adding that the killed included women and kids.

Police said the cause of the cylinder explosion has not been determined, but the blast might have happened due to gas leakage.

The report also quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the blast happened in women's ward, and several patients were said to be buried under the debris of the collapsed building.

Rescue teams were carrying out operation to pull out the injured people from the rubble.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)