KASUR, Jan 8 (APP):Five people including a woman were killed while four others sustained serious injuries in roof collapse incidents in the district during the last 24 hours.
Rescue-1122 said on Saturday that Barkat (75) and Muhammad Yaqoob (45) were killed after being buried under the debris of their house which collapsed due to heavy rain.
A team of Rescue retrieved the bodies from the debris and shifted to THQ Hospital, Kot Radha Kishan.
In another incident, the roof of a house located in Viram Hatyar Khadian
Khass caved in due to heavy downpour.
As a result, Sania,16, died and Muhammad Ahmed (14), Sana (18), Ali Ahmad (14), Ali Raza (10), sustained multiple injuries and were shifted to DHQ Hospital, Kasur.
Separately, a shopkeeper Rashid, 25, was killed when roof of a shop located at Qadari Wind Steel Bagh Chowk caved in.
Similarly, 45-year-old Nawaz died after being buried under the debris of the roof of his shop which collapsed due to rain, in the precinct of Mustafabad police station. Police were investigating.
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