Six people were killed including women and children and four others got hurt in a cylinder blast in a house in Quetta on Tuesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

According to Provincial Disaster Management Authority, a gas cylinder was exploded in a house in Sarki Kalan in Quetta near 4:30am. As a result, the house was completely destroyed and six persons including 2 women and four children were killed. Four other people also sustained critical injuries during the blast. 

The dead included: Ibad Ullah (3), Misbah (7), Hammad (8), Tanzeela (9), Gul Zareen (28) and Tahira Bibi (35). 

The injured were identified as: Ghazali (3), Imdad Ullah (12), Siddique Ullah (27) and Maulvi Abdul Aziz (45).

The injured and dead belonged to the same family.

The PDMA was busy in relief activities.

Reporter Isa Tareen