Eight people were killed, and four others were injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded inside an ambulance in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province on Wednesday night.
According to police, the explosion occurred in an ambulance parked at a health centre in Nagarparkar town of Tharparkar district.
The injured were shifted to Karachi for further treatment after receiving initial medical care. Officials said the bodies of the deceased had been kept at a local hospital for identification.
Police said specialist teams had been called from Mirpur Khas and Karachi to determine the cause of the explosion. The teams will examine evidence collected at the scene and investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
