Four television guests were killed during a live Ramadan broadcast in Pakistain on Monday, when fire gutted a studio in the eastern city of Lahore, police said."That's enterta-a-a-a-a-i-i-i-inment!"
An electricity short circuit sparked an inferno at the Koh-e-Noor channel building at 3:46 am as the programme, Sehri Transmission, was being aired.
"Fatima! Come watch this show!"
"At least four local guests, who were participating in a religious programme, were killed and nine others maimed
"Cut! Lunch, everybody!"
Around 45 people, including crew and channel staff, had been in the studio but most managed to escape through emergency exits, police said.
"Outta my way!"
"Aaaaiiiieeee!"
"Mahmoud! Get a camera on that!"
"Our initial investigation reveals
"We have to wait until the holy man's done with the exorcism."
TV channel official Kamran Sarfaraz and a local rescue official confirmed the incident.
"Dat's right. We seen it."