Eight dead, at least 16 injured in explosion at New Karachi ice factory By Wednesday Dec 23, 2020 A view of the boiler blast site in New Karachi Industrial area, on December 22, 2020. — INP photo by S Akber Explosion occurs in boiler room of an ice and cold storage factory in New Karachi Industrial Area The roof of the factory caved in after the blast and many people are feared buried under the rubble Sindh Minister for Labour Saeed Ghani demands report within 24 hours Eight people died and at least 16 were injured in an explosion inside a boiler room within a factory in New Karachi Industrial Area on Tuesday, police and local government officials said.