Oxygen cylinder explodes inside ambulance, killing at least 10 in Pakistan
Authorities said the ambulance was carrying a patient when the oxygen cylinder exploded, and rescue teams shifted the injured to nearby hospitals.
- On Wednesday night, an oxygen cylinder exploded inside a People's Primary Healthcare Initiative ambulance at a rural health centre in Dano Dhandal, Tharparkar, killing eight people and injuring five.
- The explosion occurred while staff were fitting an oxygen cylinder to transfer a pregnant patient to another facility, triggering a fire that completely gutted the vehicle.
- Rescue officials and district authorities reached the scene immediately, with five injured victims shifted to hospitals in Mithi and Nagarparkar for urgent medical treatment.
- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar ordered a transparent investigation, while expert teams from Mirpurkhas and Karachi examine the evidence.
- Recurring safety risks in healthcare facilities remain a concern, as this incident echoes an August fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad that killed 15 newborns.
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Nine people were killed today, Thursday, and four others were injured, following the explosion of an oxygen cylinder inside an ambulance in the Ngarbarbar region of Sindh, Pakistan.
The explosion occurred overnight inside an ambulance where several patients were being taken to another hospital, including hospital staff, patients and their families.
At least 10 people were killed when an oxygen cylinder exploded inside an ambulance in Tharparkar district, Sindh province, Pakistan on Thursday. Among the dead was a woman who was being taken from the Basic Health Center in Dano Dhandal to the district hospital in Mithi town due to complications after childbirth.
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Oxygen cylinder explodes inside ambulance, killing at least 10 in Pakistan
An oxygen cylinder exploded inside a parked ambulance at a government-run medical facility in southern Pakistan, killing at least 10 people, including a patient of the facility, police and hospital officials said Thursday.
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