Three persons were killed and 10 received injuries in roof collapse incidents in Bajaur and Swat districts as heavy rain lashed different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.
In Bajaur, two women were killed and five people including four children were wounded when roof of a house collapsed in the hilly Gielle area of the district due to heavy rain.
Officials of Rescue 1122 and district administration said that all seven people were sleeping in the same room when the house of Shah Wakeel Khan collapsed. They were buried under the debris.
Rescue 1122 officials retrieved them from the debris and shifted them to district headquarters hospital Khar for treatment after administering first aid to them on the spot. However, doctors declared two of them dead. The deceased were identified as 34-year-old wife of Shaukat Khan and 36-year-old wife of Luqman Khan
In Swat, one person was killed and four others were injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Meena Bazaar Brikot.
The new spell of rain started on Friday continued for third consecutive day on Sunday.
Hailstorm and heavy downpour paralysed routine of life in the area as supply of electricity remained suspended
