Gadani accident: Seven injured in ship breaking fire succumb to injuries

KARACHI: Seven of the twenty-nine injured from the Gadani ship breaking yard accident under treatment at the Civil Hospital Karachi succumbed to their injuries.

According to Dr. Ahmer at the Civil Hospital, 10 out of the 29 injured were shifted to the hospital’s burns unit where 7 lost the battle for life.

Missing Persons

While many of those working at the ship breaking yard when the beached ship caught fire have been accounted for, many are still missing. Akhtar who was brought in to the Civil Hospital was working at the ship breaking yard with his uncle who remains unaccounted for.

Family members of Mohammed Ahmed have appealed to the administration to help find their missing relative.