Five children die, several injured in rain-triggered roof collapses in KP

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: Five children died while several others were seriously injured in a number of incidents of roof collapses amid heavy rain in several cities across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday.

Three kids die in Bannu

Three children died while another got injured as a wall of a house collapsed in Bannu district on Saturday.

According to rescue team, the victims were identified as Awais, Asim and Tanzila, while the injured was rushed to DHQ Bannu.

Two children die in Shangla

Two children died when roof of their house came down during heavy downpour in Shangla district.

According to rescue officials, during the rain lightning struck the house which resulted in roof collapse in Banda Cheena village of Shangla.

At least four children got buried under the debris of the roof. The rescue team retrieved two dead bodies while two kids were found seriously injured.

Police and rescue teams shifted the dead bodies and injured to a nearby hospital.

Three injured in Bajaur roof collaps

Three people were buried underneath the rubble when the roof of a house caved in at Kharryan village of Bajaur due to heavy rain.

Rescue 1122 personnel, however, recovered those injured and shifted them to hospital.

Three wounded in Peshawar

Heavy rain resulted in the collapse of a roof at Warsak Road in Peshawar due to which three people, a woman and two kids, were buried underneath the rubble.

The Rescue 1122 personnel, however, managed to recover all three of them and shifted them to hospital.