At least five persons of a family were wounded in an explosion on Tuesday, which resulted from gas leakage, in Rawalpindi's Gharibabad area.
Rescue sources said that five persons including a man, his mother, wife, and two children sustained injuries in the blast and were shifted to Holy Family hospital in the city where the condition of the man and his wife was reported as critical.
Every year in winter, there are reports of casualties due to incidents of gas explosions caused by gas leakage from appliances, mostly from substandard portable gas heaters.
The current incident comes at a time when the country is undergoing a record cold spell and Rawalpindi's twin city Islamabad, which is the federal capital city, witnessed a plunge in the mercury to below three degrees Celcius, which was the coldest day in 46 years.
