At least eight people were killed and five others injured in a gas cylinder blast in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
The incident took place on Monday evening in a welding workshop in Mashkel, Washuk district, Xinhua news agency reported. Police and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and the injured to a hospital. The blast also destroyed four other shops. A witness said the explosion occurred when workers were using a welding machine to repair a gas cylinder. The victims comprised five Afghan nationals and three locals. --IANS ksk/ ( 105 Words) 2021-06-08-10:34:05 (IANS)
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