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Gas cylinder blast kills 17 school children in Gujrat

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At least 17 children died and several others were injured when a gas cylinder inside their school van exploded Saturday morning.

The fatal accident took place near Kot Fateh area in Gujrat.

According to sources, 25 children from Grade 1 to 8 were in the van.

Rescue teams reached the scene and shifted the dead and injured children to District Headquarter Hospital. Some of the wounded are said to be in critical condition.

The driver of the van escaped after the accident.

Police registered a case of the incident and started investigations. - See more at: Gas cylinder blast kills 17 school children in Gujrat | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia
 
This is absolutely tragic news. One can only imagine the plight of the parents on hearing the loss of their loved ones. Rest in Peace !!
 
Such innocent children. Those CNG cyllinders lying in the back of buses are dangerous and something needs to be done about them. Innocent children were forced to bear the brunt of blast. Very sad, very sad.
 
May those innocent souls rest in peace .. another criminally neligient driver escapes the scene let those poor kids burnt to death .. whats not wrong with this country
 
RIP...............My deepest condolence...............
 
A very shameful and condemnable incident.

These transporters install these kits from small shops with no proper certification or anything, sub standard maintenance and over cramped vans.

When the government tries to squeeze them into following procedures, they call a strike and the mafia wakes up and makes it self heard.
 
Such innocent children. Those CNG cyllinders lying in the back of buses are dangerous and something needs to be done about them. Innocent children were forced to bear the brunt of blast. Very sad, very sad.

CNG is quite safe. This is most probably a case of poor/lack of proper maintenance.
 
All such incidents are being taken place just due to the apathy of our rulers. A simple solution to impeded such unfortunate incidents is to ban the installation of CNG cylinders in buses, vans and even in cars as well. But the apparent issue, due to which our concerned government departments have been dredging their feet from doing so, was that they are getting hefty bribes from CNG owners to remain silent over the issue.Ignorance of safety and ignorance in general - That is Pakistan defined.
 
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