Infant crushed as house roof collapses

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A child died on Wednesday when a house roof collapsed in Attari Village in Nishtar Colony, Ferozepur Road.

According to the report, Abdul Ghafoor and his family were living in a house in AttariVillage as tenants. The house’s roof collapsed on Wednesday as his children were playing in the room, trapping them underneath the rubble. The parents were not home at the time.

Rescue teams reached the spot after receiving a call from the area’s people and evacuated the children, of whom eight-month-old Moshin died while three-year-old Mehak, four-year-old Chahat, seven-year-old Amir and five-year-old Asim were bady injured and rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.

Anther house roof collapsed in the Delhi Gate area. A report said that the second floor’s roof of Faisal’s house collapsed. However, nobody was injured.

The rescue officials cleared both places after completing the operation.