Suspected gas explosion kills at least 3, injures 19 in Pakistan’s Karachi
Blast Karachi , Muskan Chowrangi
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Headline
Suspected gas explosion kills at least 3, injures 19 in Pakistan’s Karachi
Intro
At least three people die and around 19 have been wounded after an explosion hits a four-storey building in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi.
Story
SHOTLIST: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (OCTOBER 21, 2020) (VNA – ACCESS ALL)
1. POLICEMEN AND PEOPLE LOOKING AT BUILDING PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY EXPLOSION
2. RESCUE WORKERS CLEARING DEBRIS
3. DEBRIS ON GROUND WITH PEOPLE CRWODING IN BACKGROUND
4. RESCUE WORKERS STANDING/PARAMILITARY SOLDIER GESTURING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY
5. DEBRIS/PEOPLE STANDING/RESCUE WORKERS
6. PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND THE POLICE TAPE
7. CRANE ARRIVING/PEOPLE, PARAMILITARY SOLDIERS AND RESCUE WORKERS GATHERED
8. RESCUERS WORKING
9.
(SOUNDBITE) RESCUE OFFICIAL, SAAD EDHI, SAYING: “A blast has taken
place here. It is not confirmed at the moment whether it took place
outside or inside the building. A part of building and a bank has been
affected. Three people are dead and around 19 are injured who have been
moved to various hospitals via ambulances.”
10. RESCUERS WORKING
11. SOLDIER STANDING ON RUBBLE
12. BUILDING AND TILT DOWN TO THE DESTROYED PART OF BUILDING
13. POLICE OFFICIAL (LEFT) TELLING COMMISSIONER OF KARACHI (RIGHT) ABOUT THE INCIDENT
14.
(SOUNDBITE) COMMISSIONER OF KARACHI, SOHAIL RAJPUT, SAYING: “The actual
cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained. There was also a
kitchen on the mezzanine floor (of the building) which was in bank’s
use. A gas cylinder might have exploded there or may be sabotage. But it
is not possible to say something with certainty without complete
investigation.”
15. SOLDIERS AND RESCUE WORKERS
16. DESTROYED PART OF BUILDING
17. RESCUE WORK UNDERWAY BEHIND POLICE TAPE
18. CAR BEING CARRIED AWAY BY CRANE LIFTER
19. PEOPLE AND POLICE ON EXPLOSION SITE
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (OCTOBER21, 2020) (EDHI RESCUE HANDOUT – ACCESS ALL)
20. EDHI RESCUE WORKERS WHEELING BODY TO MORGUE
STORY:
At least three people died and around 19 were wounded after an
explosion hit a four-storey building in Pakistan's commercial capital
Karachi on Wednesday (October 21).
The explosion occurred at
Gulshan-e-Iqbal residential-cum commercial neighbourhood located in the
eastern part of the city. The explosion damaged the building’s mezzanine
floor and a bank on the ground floor.
All dead and injured were shifted to hospitals.
“A
blast has taken place here. It is not confirmed at the moment whether
it took place outside or inside the building. A part of building and a
bank has been affected. Three people are dead and around 19 are injured
who have been moved to various hospitals via ambulances,”said rescue
official, Saad Edhi.
The commissioner of Karachi, Sohail Rajput said it apparently looked a gas cylinder blast but the investigation was underway
“The
actual cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained. There was also a
kitchen on the mezzanine floor (of the building) which was in bank’s
use. A gas cylinder might have exploded there or may be sabotage. But it
is not possible to say something with certainty without complete
investigation,”he said.
Footage showed the infrastructure of the
building was badly damaged. Eyewitnesses said that windows of nearby
buildings as well as some vehicles were also damaged.
Law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area.
Later,
a bomb disposal squad arrived to investigate the cause of the blast.
According to the initial report, the explosion occurred due to a
"leakage of gas".
The report further said that no trace of an
improvised explosive device (IED) was found at the scene. However, the
squad found pieces of metal and the burner of a stove.
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VNA Karachi…..Shahab
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