The roof of a house collapsed in Bajaur, killing four women, while Rescue 1122 teams arrived to resuscitate injured trapped under the rubble. PHOTO: EXPRESS
PESHAWAR:
Four women died on Wednesday after the roof of a house collapsed in Dak Lam Shah in Bajur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), trapping several people under the debris.
According to a statement issued by Rescue 1122, medical and rescue teams were dispatched immediately after receiving the report, adding that initial information indicated that five people were trapped under the rubble.
“Rescue personnel from 1122 carried out operations to free the injured from the debris. The victims were provided with provisional CPR in an emergency ambulance before being shifted in critical condition to District Hospital Khar. There, doctors confirmed that two women and two girls were dead,” the statement read.
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It said the victims were identified as the wives of Abdullah Jan and Rehmatullah and the daughters of Rasool Khan and Aziz, while the injured included Rasool Khan’s wife.
However, the authority said the cause of the incident was yet to be determined and investigations are ongoing.
Last month at least 17 people died due to roof or wall collapse due to heavy rainfall in KP. Bannu recorded the highest casualties, with eight deaths, including seven children and a woman, and 42 injured. Abbottabad reported five deaths, including four children. Kohat saw two killed, North Waziristan one, and in Battagram a woman was killed.
Several incidents of roofs collapsing were recorded in Bannu. In Dad Kachlot village, a roof collapsed in Sher Muhammad Khan’s house, killing three children: nine-year-old Asif, six-year-old Umrah and three-year-old Javeria. At Kotka Ghulam Qadir, the roof of a veranda of a community center collapsed, killing two people and injuring 39.
In Mama Kheil, a house wall collapsed, killing two children, 11-year-old Abu Sufyan and eight-year-old Wajahatullah. In Shamdi Khel, Miryan Road, the roof of a room in Iqbal’s house collapsed, killing Iqbal’s mother.
