5 people killed in Pak fire
Daily Excelsior
06:30 PM Jul 31, 2012 IST
LAHORE, July 30:
Five persons were killed and 12 more injured when a fire erupted in the studio of a private TV channel in this eastern Pakistani city early today, police said.The fire broke out in the TV studio at Garhi Shahu area of Lahore during a special transmission for �Sehri�, the pre-dawn meal before the fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramzan.The bodies and the injured were taken to a nearly hospital.The condition of three of the injured was critical, officials said.The fire was caused by an electrical short circuit in the TV studio, the officials said. (PTI)Advertisement
