Kanpur: At least nine people were injured after an LPG cylinder caught fire and exploded in a house in Sargaon Khurd village in Derapur area of Kanpur Dehat district on Sunday morning.
Several fire tenders were rushed to the spot after the incident was reported, police said. Police further said a cooking gas cylinder had exploded and the injured, have been admitted to community health centre.
The incident took place following a leak in LPG cylinder in the house of one Jagdeo in Sargaon Khurd village in Derapur police area. Three fire tenders rushed to the site. “Injured were admitted to a nearby CHC,” inspector Derapur Sameer Kumar Singh.
Jagdeo’s wife Suraj Kumari was preparing breakfast on LPG stove in her house when the cylinder following a leakage caught fire. She, along with eight others suffered burn wounds after the fire followed by explosion, Singh said. tnn