<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>At least six people, including four children, were killed late Saturday night in a gas cylinder blast in Pakistan's southwest provincial capital of Quetta, local media reported on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;According to the reports, the blast occurred when a family member attempted to light a heater in the Satellite Town area of Quetta, the provincial capital of the country's southwest Balochistan province.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies to a hospital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;According to the rescue personnel, all the deceased, including a couple and their four children, died on the spot following the blast.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Local police told the media that the blast occurred due to gas leakage from the cylinder, which also damaged the house seriously.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Most parts of Balochistan, including Quetta, are facing intense cold weather with temperatures dropping up to minus 15 degrees centigrade. Xinhua</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>