GADANI (Web Desk / AFP) – At least 18 people
were killed, 65 injured and more than 50 went missing after explosions inside
an oil tanker being broken up for scrap at the Gadani ship-breaking yard in the
southwestern province of Balochistan, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of
Karachi.
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TV footage showed a thick plume of black
smoke rising from the ship.
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"A gas cylinder explosion caused a huge
fire in the ship which was being dismantled," Balochistan home secretary
Akbar Harifal told AFP, ruling out a deliberate attack.
"All the injured had severe burns,"
he added.
Local government official Zulfiqar Hashmi
told AFP the ship was still ablaze and there was not enough equipment to
extinguish it.
Both he and Shah said Pakistan Navy
firefighters had been called in to help.
TV footage showed a thick plume of black
smoke rising from the ship as local rescue workers rushed to the scene.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his
"deep grief and sorrow" over the incident, according to a statement
by his office.
Industrial accidents are common in Pakistan,
with workplaces often forgoing basic safety measures and equipment in the
absence of legislation to protect labourers.
A devastating fire at a textile factory in
Karachi killed 255 people in 2012.
Source:
dunya
news. 02 November 2016
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