Two dead, one injured in gas cylinder blast in Walled City

JAIPUr: Two people were killed and one injured following an LPG cylinder blast in city’s Chaura Rasta area in

Walled City

on Monday morning.

Part of the house where the blast occurred also collapsed, suffocating and burying a woman and her domestic help in the debris. The injured person has suffered 50 per cent burns.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the blast, which occurred at a house in Tarkeshwar temple compound, may have been caused by a leaking cooking gas cylinder which may have burst after lighting a matchstick or switching the power on.

The deceased have been identified as

Manju Parashar

(47) and Abhishek Gaur (17) while the injured is

Rajesh Gaur

(43). The blast happened around 7am and locals began rescue operations shortly after.

SHO Jeetendra Singh

, Manak Chowk, who had reached the spot after the blast, said, “There was a gas leakage from a cylinder in the kitchen which led to the blast. It is unclear if a match was lit or an electric switch turned on. Two persons died after getting buried in the debris. The explosion took place in the lower floor and the impact was felt in the upper floor as well.”