Nine die as heavy rain lashes Lahore, Sialkot

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LAHORE

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At least nine persons including six children and three women died in separate rain related incidents in Lahore and Sialkot on Saturday night.

According to reports, five people were buried under the debris when roof of a house collapsed due to rain in Kot Saeed area of Lahore.

Rescue officials evacuated the injured from the debris and shifted them to hospital where an 80-year-old woman and a five-year-old child died. The dead bodies were handed over to the heirs.

In another incident, a man namely Arshad died and his wife was severely injured when roof of a house collapsed in Domoria Pull area of Lahore. The rescue teams shifted the injured woman to hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, the roof of a house in Gujjarpura Village in Sialkot collapsed due to heavy rain killing five children and a woman. Those dead include five children of age of six months to 10 years of same family. The accident occurred when the roof of labourer Wali Mohammad’s house collapsed as result of heavy rain.

The accident buried the whole family under the wreckage. Eye witnesses say the late arrival of rescue teams caused the deaths of the children. Wali Mohammed and his daughter survived and were taken to Allama Iqbal Hospital.

 

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