As many as seven persons sustained critical burn injuries when an LPG cylinder exploded in the house of a resident at Gambharimunda village under the Banpur police station in Khordha district on Thursday.
According to reports, the cylinder caught fire in the morning due to LPG leakage when cooking was underway at the house of one Rabindra Pradhan of the village.
Some neighbours rushed to the spot to douse the flame, during which the cylinder exploded leaving a member of the family and six persons of the village injured.
They were initially rushed to local hospitals and later shifted to various healthcare facilities in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack as their condition worsened Four rooms of the house also suffered severe damage in the powerful explosion. Their condition was stated to be critical, reports said.