Woman, children injured in stove blast

A woman and her two children suffered severe burns after a kerosene stove went off at Rangagiripadu village in Paderu mandal in Visakhapatnam Agency, on Monday evening.

While the woman, identified as Sandhya, and her five-year-old son Vishnu suffered severe burns, her three-year-old younger son Ramu succumbed to injuries even before he could be shifted to a nearby hospital.

Both Sandhya and Vishnu were admitted to a hospital in critical condition and are undergoing treatment.