ISLAMABAD, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed and eight others injured in a cylinder explosion at a private bakery factory in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, police said Sunday.
The explosion occurred on the first floor of the factory in the Gulberg area in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
Rescue personnel rushed to the scene and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, a Rescue 1122 official told Xinhua.
More than 40 people were present on the floor at the time of the explosion, but all were safely evacuated following the incident, he said.
Police said an investigation into the incident was underway. ■
