SHEIKHUPURA: At least two school children died as a train and school wagon collided on Bahrian Wala Road in Sheikhupura on Tuesday.

One female school kid passed away on the spot, while another succumbed to her injuries at hospital. Four other children were also injured in the mishap and immediately rushed to district headquarters hospital for medical treatment.

Rescue teams of Rescue 1122 Sheikhupura reached on the spot and carried out rescue operation. District Emergency Officer Rana Ijaz Ahmed himself was leading the rescue operation.

On the other hand, a man died on Tuesday in a road mishap near Punjab Colony bridge in Karachi. The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for an autopsy.

The deceased has been identified as Zarkoon, 22, son of Kamran.

On November 13, a fire had erupted on the second floor of a packaging factory near the Karachi Fish Harbour in Karachi.

The blaze was controlled with the help of three fire trucks. The fire brigade’s operation to put out the fire had faced some problem because of location of the building in the fish market.

Fire brigade officials had said the factory building caught fire because of short circuit in electricity wires.