Fire at Kohinoor TV kills four
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 31 July 2012
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A fire at Kohinoor TV in Lahore killed four people, including two guests and two audience members, police said. Fifteen others suffered serious burns. Police suspect a short circuit during a switch from generator to regular power supply.Summary
LAHORE: A police official says a fire that broke out at a television station in the eastern city of Lahore has killed four people who came to participate in the filming of a program. Senior police official Abdul Qadir Qamar says two guests there to recite Naats and two members of the audience suffocated in the Monday blaze at the Kohinoor channel, which broke out just before the dawn prayers. He says 15 more received serious burns. He says there was an apparent short circuit when the station's generator switched over to the regular power supply. Most organizations make heavy use of generators amid worsening power shortages in Pakistan. The electricity crisis has sparked protests and riots. – AP
Key Points
- Fire at Kohinoor TV in Lahore killed four people, police said.
- Two guests invited to recite Naats and two audience members died from suffocation.
- Fifteen people sustained serious burn injuries.
- Police cited an apparent short circuit during a generator-to-mains power switch.
- The incident occurred just before dawn prayers on Monday.
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