Death toll from ambulance oxygen cylinder explosion in Pakistan's Sindh province rises to nine

Hyderabad, Oct 29 (UNI) The death toll from an ambulance fire triggered by an oxygen cylinder explosion at a hospital in Pakistan's Tharparkar district rose to nine on Thursday, with authorities ordering an investigation into the incident. Mithi Deputy Commissioner Hameed Jagirani said the explosion occurred on Wednesday night at a hospital run by the Peoples Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) in Dano Dhandhal, within Nagarparkar taluka. The ambulance was being prepared to transfer a woman to the District Headquarters Hospital in Mithi after she developed post-surgical complications following childbirth at a basic health unit. She had delivered a baby boy…