Death toll rises to 24 in Pakistan shipbreaking blast

The death toll from a recent explosion and fire at a Pakistan ship-breaking yard has risen to 24, GEO news TV reported. 

Two more workers succumbed to their injuries inflicted by the fire at an oil tanker in Gadani ship-breaking yard, taking the death toll to 24.

At least 24 people were killed and 58 injured when the ship’s fuel tank exploded on November 1.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his condolences with the families of those who lost their lives in the explosion at the Gadani ship-breaking yard and has ordered an inquiry into the accident to investigate the causes of the fire. 

A gas cylinder exploded and started a fire inside an oil tanker at the Gadani yard in the southwestern province of Balochistan, where 170 workers were trapped.

Source: MENA