A massive fire erupted after an explosion when a woman and two girls accidentally placed wet clothes on a 500KV high-tension electric wire passing near their home in Malikpur area of Faisalabad on Sunday morning, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The three females were on the roof of their house for air-drying washed clothes when this happened. The woman died on the spot while both the girls received serious burn injuries.
Due to electrocution incident, electric supply of the entire locality was suspended, affecting various domestic electronic appliances.
Soon after receiving the report Rescue 1122 team reached the spot to bring fire under control and shifted the body of the dead woman and injured girls to hospital.
Hospital sources said that due to electrocution around 30 to 35 percent bodies of both the girls were burnt. The age of one girl is three years while the other was eight years old.
Rescue sources said that the fire erupted due to spark in electronic wires.
Reporter: Tayyab Maqbool