Four factory workers injured in boiler explosion died

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FAISALABAD: Four out of 12 factory workers who were injured in a steam boiler explosion in a cloth factory died during treatment at the Allied Hospital.

One worker, Waseem, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday night while three others- Mustansar, Suleman and Zunair Rasheed- died on Wednesday. They had suffered burn injuries on Sunday last when a boiler of the cloth dying factory on Sargodha Road blasted and they were under treatment at the Allied Hospital. Eight injured workers are still under treatment at the hospital. Sargodha Road police had registered a case and started proceedings. However, no arrest has been made so far, police said.