15 people injured as fire spreads after LPG leak
Friday - May 25, 2018 9:14 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi May 25 (IANS) Fifteen persons suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out following a leak from a cooking gas cylinder in east Delhi s Shahdara police said on Friday.
Delhi Fire Service (DFS) control room received a call about the fire on the second floor of a house in Krishna Nagar around 11 p.m. on Thursday following which five fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused it.
The fire broke out when one of the victims Satto aged 58 was cooking food on an LPG stove Deputy Commissioner of Police Nupur Prasad said.
Fire engulfed the room due to the gas leak following which three neighbours tried to douse the flames but got burnt in the process.
Brijesh 15 Naresh 16 Shiv Pojan 19 Dharmveer 28 Niranjan 30 Ranjeet 30 Rajpal 60 and seven unidentified area residents were injured in the blaze and admitted in different hospitals.
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Delhi Fire Service (DFS) control room received a call about the fire on the second floor of a house in Krishna Nagar around 11 p.m. on Thursday following which five fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused it.
The fire broke out when one of the victims Satto aged 58 was cooking food on an LPG stove Deputy Commissioner of Police Nupur Prasad said.
Fire engulfed the room due to the gas leak following which three neighbours tried to douse the flames but got burnt in the process.
Brijesh 15 Naresh 16 Shiv Pojan 19 Dharmveer 28 Niranjan 30 Ranjeet 30 Rajpal 60 and seven unidentified area residents were injured in the blaze and admitted in different hospitals.
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