More than two dozen people were injured- 10 of them seriously- after an LPG cylinder burst in a sweet shop in Manglaur on Saturday. Some passers by also sustained injuries due to the blast. The injured persons were taken to the civil hospital in Roorkee from where after primary treatment, nine were referred to the Coronation hospital and one was referred to AIIMS Rishikesh while three are being treated at the civil hospital in Roorkee. Such was the intensity of the blast that the three-storeyed sweet shop building was damaged while nearby buildings also sustained damage.
The Roorkee sub divisional magistrate and the local MLA Qazi Nizamuddin inquired about the condition of the injured after the accident.
According to sources, employees of the Balaji Mishthan Bhandar were working in the shop as usual when during the afternoon a gas cylinder caught fire and soon exploded.
The blast caused burns and injuries to more than a dozen people while also causing considerable damage to the three-storeyed building. The 10 persons who have sustained serious injuries have suffered more than 70 per cent burns.
