Symbolic picture of cylinder blast.
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A massive fire broke out in a house in Patna on Tuesday night. Two LPG cylinders exploded in this. 14 people including men, women and children were injured in the accident. All the injured have been admitted to Nalanda Medical College Hospital in Patna for treatment. After the incident, there is an atmosphere of sensation in the entire village. Here, as soon as the information was received, the police and fire brigade teams reached the spot and with the help of local people, after a lot of effort, the fire was controlled. Local people say that gas was leaking for quite some time. No one even had a clue about it. Such a big accident happened due to leaking of cooking gas.
Cylinder caught fire suddenly
It is being told that the wedding ceremony ended on March 7 in a house in Sultanpur village of Fatuha police station area of Patna. After the wedding ceremony, the family members were preparing for Chauthari Puja late on Tuesday evening. Many family members who had come to attend the wedding ceremony were present at home. Suddenly a cooking gas cylinder caught fire while cooking. As soon as the people of the house saw the fire, they started trying to extinguish it. The family members started using blankets and spraying water to extinguish the fire.
The injured were admitted to the hospital
It is being told that despite a lot of efforts the fire was not extinguished. During this time, two cylinders kept there suddenly exploded. The blast was so horrific that even the Karkatnuma house suffered a lot of damage. Also, in this incident, eight children, two youths and four women who had come to attend the wedding ceremony were injured. The injured children include Bablu Kumar 10 years, Sandhya Kumari 12 years, Shubham Kumar 4 years, Priya Kumari 4 years, Piyush Kumar 6 years, Amarjeet Kumar 8 years, Sanjeet Kumar 9 years, Jesus Kumar 6 years. Apart from this, two youths include Sonu Kumar 25 years, Akhilesh Mahato 24 years and four women include Janu Devi 35 years, Munni Devi 30 years, Meena Devi 30 years and Anita Kumari 20 years. All the injured have been admitted to Nalanda Medical College Hospital in Patna late on Tuesday night.