A gas supply line burst and caught fire at the Hattar Industrial Estate in Haripur district (a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan), killing at least eight people — including children — and injuring 11 others. The 16-inch Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited line, which supplies gas to industrial estates as far north as Abbottabad, ignited at around 6:30pm local time, with officials saying the deaths were largely caused by suffocation and flames visible from kilometres away. The exact cause remains under investigation, though authorities are examining whether a pressure-driven explosion or a chemical leak from nearby factory storage units may have triggered the blaze, which took rescue teams approximately three hours to bring under control.