Three dead, eight injured as windstorm strikes Lahore

LAHORE: Three labourers were killed and five injured in the city’s Misri Shah locality on Saturday night when strong winds caused an under-construction wall to collapse on them while they were sleeping.

According to rescue sources, the deceased labourers — who were asleep on the roof of a warehouse —have been identified as 50-year-old Yaseen, 32-year-old Bashir and 28-year-old Irfan. Police and rescue officials shifted the injured and deceased to Mayo Hospital.

The windstorm which struck Lahore also resulted in injuries to three members of a family after the roof of their house collapsed on them in Baghanbura locality of the city. The injured were shifted to Services Hospital for treatment.

Strong winds also uprooted several trees and knocked down billboards in the city.