Lahore/Peshawar-(Specail Corrspondent/Webdeesk)-Heavy monsoon rain claimed at least five lives on Thursday, including two women and a teenage boy, in separate roof collapse incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. In Lakki Marwat’s Sarai Naurang area, a mud house near Qila Ground gave way under relentless overnight rain. The structure, already in fragile condition, crumbled, trapping three members of a family beneath the debris. Despite efforts by rescue teams and locals, the victims were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
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The deceased were identified as 15-year-old Shaukatullah, his mother, and grandmother. “The structure had weakened due to prolonged rain, causing the roof to cave in without warning,” a rescue spokesperson told reporters.
In a separate incident in Talagang, the roof of a warehouse collapsed while workers were busy packing rice. The collapse killed two workers and injured another.
Rescue sources confirmed that 60-year-old Muhammad Khaliq and 40-year-old Shahbaz died on the spot after being buried under the rubble. A third worker, 20-year-old Muhammad Ali, sustained serious injuries and was shifted to a city hospital for medical treatment.
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