Two die as gas cylinder blast rips apart Islamabad house
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Two people died while three others injured when a powerful explosion ripped through a house in Islamabad on Friday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The explosion caused by a gas cylinder leak destroyed the kitchen located on the first floor of the house in Sector I-10 of the federal capital.
According to the Rescue 1122 officials, five injured including a woman were rushed to a hospital for treatment where two of them breathed their last.
Police and rescue teams reached the site shortly after the incident and launched relief operations, while an investigation into the cause of the explosion was under way.
According to the director general of Capital Emergency Services, the incident was caused by a substandard gas cylinder.
Reporter Muhammad Awais