At least four people were injured by an explosion caused by a gas leak in Islamabad’s National University of Modern Languages (Numl) on Tuesday, according to the police.
Islamabad Police spokesperson Jawad Taqi told Dawn that a gas leakage caused the explosion.
“Four people were injured and they have been taken to the hospital,” he said. “The fire brigade has extinguished the blaze,” the spokesperson said.
Visuals from the varsity showed panicked students evacuating the campus as emergency and rescue personnel tried to extinguish the blaze in one of the rooms on the premises.
Bystanders could also be seen rushing to the help of an injured person lying on the ground.
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