Islamabad, Jan 27 (UNI) Five people were killed and 31 others injured when fire engulfed a resident colony in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province in the early hours of Monday, officials said.
The incident happened at about 12:25 a.m. local time (GMT 1925 Sunday) in the Multan district where a massive explosion caused by a liquefied petroleum gas container leakage rocked the colony, sources from the district's police told Xinhua.
The gas leakage triggered the fire, and the force of the blast scattered debris over a wide area, severely impacting the densely populated colony.