QUETTA: About 36 female students received burn injuries in a fire that erupted in a private academy on Tuesday.
Dr. Muhammad Ishaq Panizai, Medical Superintendent Civil Sandeman Hospital while confirming the incident said a total of thirty-six girls were affected in the incident. However, they are out of danger, he maintained.
Mysterious fire engulfed the renowned Dr Manhoj Academy of the provincial capital. As a result of smoke and gas suffocation, many female students were knocked unconscious and many others suffered burn injuries.
Soon after the incident, fire extinguishers reached the site and the victims of the fire were shifted to civil hospital Quetta for medical aid. Further probe is underway.