A woman sustained serious burn injuries in a massive fire that reportedly broke out due to leakage in an LPG pipe at Balijhari village under the Kanpur police station in Cuttack district on Thursday.
The victim was identified as Seema (21), daughter of Surendra Moharana.
According to reports, the clothes of the woman caught fire due to the leakage in the LPG pipe while she was cooking in kitchen, The fire soon spread to the entire house.
The victim was taken to the Badamba Community Health Centre, from where she was shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack as her condition deteriorated.
Receiving information, Fire Services personnel reached the village and managed to douse the flames. But by then, all articles and two rooms of the house had been completely gutted. However, the victim’s mother and brother escaped unhurt.
