The death toll of gas cylinder explosion on May 6 at a Tandoor in Dir Colony area of Peshawar has reached 10 including nine children. The incident has occurred on May 6, minutes before Iftar time, when a number of people, mostly children, were gathering outside the Tandoor to collect bread. Since the tragedy, the Ghafoorabad locality was getting a dead body of a victim almost every day from hospitals.
At that time, the Rescue 1122 has said that at least 20 persons were injured in the incident. The explosion was so severe that it spread panic in the area. After the tragedy, KP department for relief and reconstruction has issued notification to all the deputy commissioners directing them to keep a check on the use of LPG cylinder in homes, hotels and shops.