More than a dozen persons were injured after a lPG cooking gas cylinder exploded at a shanty in Rajeev Nagar under Habibganj police station area on Monday.
Massive explosion in the shanty near Fracture Hospital created ripples of fear in the area in the morning on Monday as huge flames of fire were witnessed after a lPG cooking gas exploded while cooking at Raju Bai Sitole’s house.
In the explosion around 13 persons were injured.Raju Bai(60), Atmaram(73), lakhan Malviya(28), Mahesh(24) and Harshita (18) were among the injured who were identified in the initial investigation.
City Mayor Alok Sharma and Bhopal constituency MP Alok Sanjar visited the spot and assured for providing assistance to the injured and affected victims. Fire tender vehicles rushed to the spot to pacify the fire and managed to control fire. The injured were rushed to hospital and are undergoing treatment.
Police said that in the initial investigation it was found that the lPG cylinder exploded after gas leakage in Raju Bai’s house which soon engulfed the adjacent shanties of the area.
The grandson of Raju Bai, Chetan Sitole resides in the adjacent shanty and at the time of the incident he was at work while his family members sustained burn injuries.
A total of 13 persons were injured in the incident.
The injured were rushed to JP hospital where condition of the injured is reportedly stable.