Three members of a family including a woman and an 8-year-old boy were critically injured when a gas cylinder exploded while cooking at Ayodhya Nagar under Piplani police station area on Sunday.
According to the police at around 11 am when the victim Sunita Sharma started cooking the gas cylinder pipe caught fire that turned into huge ball of fire and her clothes caught fire and at the same time the cylinder exploded.
Hearing the loud sound Sunita’s husband Rakesh rushed to her rescue but he was also injured severely in a bid to rescue his wife.
Sensing his parents in danger, 8-year-old Anshul tried to help his parents also got injury burns. The locals gathered hearing the loud explosion and rescued the victims. The three were rushed to Peoples hospital where their condition is reportedly unstable.
The police were informed about the incident and a team was rushed to the spot.
Rakesh Sharma and Sunita Sharma are husband and wife while 8-year-old Anshul is their son. After the incident panic and confusion prevailed in the area regarding the explosion. The neighbours helped in pacifying the fire and took the victims to hospital.
The locals confirmed that the fire brigade was informed about the incident but with the help of neighbours the fire was doused off.
A police team and FSl visited the incident site. The police have started investigation into the matter.
The accident took place incidentally or it occurred due to negligence is a matter of investigation, told the police.