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ISLAMABAD, March 10 (Xinhuanet) -- About 100 people were injured and five others
were missing Thursday in a blaze aboard a Pakistan Navy ship during
exercises in the territorial waters of the restive southern port city of
Karachi, according to private Geo television.
Hospital sources were quoted as saying that among the injured, 35 people
have been admitted in a navy hospital in Karachi and 35 others are being
operated upon.
The Pakistan Navy confirmed the fire, which is said to have broken out during
routine exercises on the ship, but the cause of the fire was yet unknown.
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