MEHTHARLAM (Pajhwok): A child has been killed and his mother injured as a result of a fire inside a house in the capital of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Tuesday.
Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, director of natural disaster management, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “On Monday evening, a fire erupted in a house due to the explosion of a battery in Tabi Kanj area.”
He said a two-year-old child lost his life and his mother was critically injured. The woman was evacuated to the main provincial hospital.
Ghazi quoted a member of the affected family as saying . . .
