MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Three persons were injured and 14 others fainted when a gas pipeline exploded due to a leak in Dehdad district of northern Balkh province on Thursday.
Balkh police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said the gap pipeline exploded in a power plant, injuring three workers.
Waziri said security officials had reached the scene and were investigating the incident.
Governor’s House spokesman Attaullah Haji Zaid said that 14 people fell unconscious in the incident and were taken to Mazar-i-Sharif hospital.
He said some of them had been discharged and the remaining would be discharged soon . . .
