ISLAMABAD – Photos and videos of people carrying cooking gas in large plastic bags have gone viral in Pakistan, which is facing a major financial crisis. People fill large plastic balloons with cooking gas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where there is a severe shortage of cooking gas cylinders. There is also concern that handling this, including children, could lead to serious accidents.
Various media reported that due to the severe shortage of cooking gas cylinders, cooking gas is being filled into plastic bags from shops connected to the country’s cooking gas network. The bag is sealed with a tail to prevent cooking gas from escaping. People who buy this use cooking gas with the help of an electric pump. It takes about an hour to fill these plastic balloons with three or four kilos of cooking gas.
Along with pictures of plastic bags filled with cooking gas, one person tweeted:
“Filling of cooking gas in plastic bags instead of cylinders has increased in Pakistan. Cooking gas is placed in plastic bags at shops connected to the cooking pipeline network. People use cooking gas in bags plastic at home with the help of a small electric suction pump.
A video of two children walking around with plastic bags filled with cooking gas was also shared on Twitter.
“There is a warning that filling plastic bags with cooking gas can lead to massive explosions. But we have not yet heard of such incidents. Even if there is such a risk, given the high cost of cylinders, ordinary people like me can’t afford it’ – reported Pak media quoting a person who uses cooking gas in plastic bags.
English summary: Video of Pakistanis storing cooking gas in plastic balloons goes viral, worried internet
