Four women were injured critically during a feast in Forest Colony in Rayagada town on Tuesday. The injured were identified as Kalabati Manding, Parvati Kandagiri, Laxmi Kandagiri and Sukanti Miniaka.
The injured were admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital here with severe burn injuries. As per reports, the mishap occurred when preparation for the feast on occasion of the death anniversary of one Manoranjan Sahu’s father was on. The cooking gas pipe caught fire accidentally and spread to the place where the women were chopping vegetables. According to latest reports, Kalabati, one of the injured was shifted to the Saheed Laxman Naik Medical College Hospital in Koraput as her condition deteriorated.