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- Authorities are investigating reason for roof collapse, says state-run media
- Dead include women and children, Injured persons shifted to nearby hospital
ISLAMABAD: At least six members of a family were killed while four others were injured during the wee hours of Sunday when the roof of a house in Pakistan’s Karachi city collapsed, state-run media reported.
The incident took place in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Maymar area at the Afghan Camp colony. Among the six dead were also women and children, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said.
The family living in the house was originally from the northwestern district of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), APP reported.
“Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident to determine its cause,” APP said. “Rescue sources shifted the injured to a nearby hospital for immediate medical attention.”
Roof collapses, especially during extreme weather conditions, are common in Pakistan. Thousands of makeshift houses built using scrap or locally available materials such as corrugated metal sheets, wood, plastic, mud and cardboard are more susceptible to collapses.
These homes are typically found in informal settlements, slums and squatter areas.