Ambulance Oxygen Cylinder Blast Kills 9 at Pakistan Hospital
(MENAFN) At least nine people died and several others were injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded inside an ambulance in southern Pakistan, police said Thursday, in a tragedy that engulfed both patients and the staff caring for them.
The blast struck late Wednesday night at a local hospital in Tharparkar district of Sindh province, as hospital staff were preparing patients to be transferred.
Staff were in the middle of connecting the oxygen cylinder inside the ambulance when it detonated, setting the vehicle on fire.
The dead included both patients and hospital staff, while five others sustained serious burn injuries.
Authorities have launched an inquiry into the accident, and the investigation into the cause remains under way.
The blast struck late Wednesday night at a local hospital in Tharparkar district of Sindh province, as hospital staff were preparing patients to be transferred.
Staff were in the middle of connecting the oxygen cylinder inside the ambulance when it detonated, setting the vehicle on fire.
The dead included both patients and hospital staff, while five others sustained serious burn injuries.
Authorities have launched an inquiry into the accident, and the investigation into the cause remains under way.
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