Six persons including three children were burnt alive due to the gas cylinder explosion in hilly and remote area of Tehsil Allai. According to police sources, on Monday night in village Nogram, the entire shelter house of Umer Khatab caught fire after the cylinder exploded resulting in the death of six persons including three children and widow of Umer Khatab.
The children Sulman, Adnan, Abida and Umer Khatab's niece Ameena died on the spot while the wife of Nawaz also expired before getting the first aid. The flames burnt the whole house. The local people rushed to the spot, and after the fire was extinguished they recovered the mutilated bodies of the family.