As many as eight people, including seven children, were injured when a helium tank at a balloon stand exploded at a wedding on Sunday.
A Rescue 1122 spokesman said the tank exploded at a wedding in Chak Fateh Shah, critically injuring seven children who were standing near it.
The injured included Mehtab, Hameeda, Hussain, Ali, Muhammad Nawaz, Urooj and Kiran. They said the tank operator, Muhammad Azam.
After the explosion, panic ensued at the wedding, with many people thinking that a bomb had exploded.
The children were taken to Lahore in a critical condition. Parents of the children complained that there were no hospitals in Mandi Bahauddin with a proper burn unit. A team from Saddar Cantt police station reached the spot and started investigations. They said a case had been registered and the cause of the blast was being investigated.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 12th, 2015.