At least six people were killed and eight wounded in a gas cylinder explosion in a scrapyard in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, police said. Several blasts have occurred in the congested Misri Shah area of the city where a large number of shops dealing with iron scrap are located. “Six laborers died on the spot and eight (were) wounded when a gas cylinder exploded in a shop,” police officer Mohammad Nazir said. __
