At least 15 people were killed and several others injured following a gas explosion at a glue-making factory near Faisalabad’s Malikpur area in Pakistan on Friday, Dawn reported quoting a release issued by the Commissioner’s office.
Pakistan’s emergency service ‘Rescue 1122’ said the incident took place in the morning after the boiler of the factory exploded, causing the collapse of the building and nearby structures.
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However, the rescue service later attributed the explosion to a gas leak, as confirmed in the statement issued by Faisalabad Commissioner Raja Jahangir Anwar’s office. “A fire erupted in one of the factories due to gas leakage and engulfed the other factories as well,” a statement by the Rescue 112 read.
The cause of the explosion that took place at the industrial facility in Faisalabad, a city in Punjab province, is being investigated, news agency AP reported, quoting Jahangir.
It added that a five-member inquiry team was being constituted to probe the incident, according to Dawn.
The blast caused severe damage to the factory building and spread panic through the area, Jahangir said. The factory also caught fire shortly after the explosion, he told AP.
Poor safety standards are a frequent cause of industrial accidents and factory fires in Pakistan. In 2024, a dozen workers were injured in a similar boiler explosion at a textile mill in Faisalabad. Also last week, a blast at a firecrackers factory in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi killed four people.
