At least four labourers were killed and two sustained severe burns in an explosion due to gas leakage at a house in Sector-C of Sheikh Maltoon Town on Monday.
The deceased, who perished in the ensuing fire, were identified as Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Shehbaz, Faisal and Nauman, were employed at an under-construction factory near Colonel Sher Khan Interchange and were living in the rented house. They all belonged to Punjab.
The injured, Waqas and Akhtar, were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar.
