Six people, including three females, lost their lives and three others were wounded when an oxygen cylinder exploded in a house in Ashapuri Colony in Sikandrabad area of Bulandshahr district.
The explosion also led to partial collapse of the house
According to Bulandshahr District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh, the incident happened late in the evening on Monday in the house of Riyazuddin, inhabited by about 19 individuals, including women and children. Nine members of the family were injured in the explosion, six of them fatally and they succumbed to their injuries in the district hospital.
The deceased were identified as Riyazuddin alias Raju (50), his wife Rukhsana (45), Salman (16), Tamanna (24), Hivja (3) and Aas Mohammed (26).
One of the injured is in a critical state.
Senior Superintendent of Police of Bulandshahr Shlok Kumar revealed that after being hospitalised for treatment, Riyazuddin’s wife was recently taken home by the family, and they had brought an oxygen cylinder and its accessories for post-hospitalisation care and this oxygen cylinder exploded.
Rescue and relief efforts were started soon after information about the explosion was received, according to Meerut Zone Additional Director General of Police Dhruva Kant Thakur.
The local police, Fire department, NDRF and medical personnel were involved in the rescue operation and gas cutters had to be used to pry open the house’s iron roof beams. An excavator was used to clean up the rubble.
