Eight members of a family, including five children, were critically injured in a fire that broke out due to lPG cylinder leak in their house at Challera area in Noida on Monday noon. Police said that the fire broke out in the house of Anil (30), who was staying here with his family on the rented flat owned by Surender Rajput. On Monday morning her wife lalita (27) lit a match stick in the kitchen, without realising the gas leak. The fire soon engulfed the entire family and ceiling of the house came down.
The injured were identified as Anil, lalita, Bhola (6), Kajal (7), Anjali (7), Naina (8), Radha (6) and Mahendra (53). The injured were first rushed to District Hospital in Noida but by afternoon three of them were referred to lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital in Delhi as their condition deteriorated.
“Fire tenders were pressed to the spot to control the fire. According to initial investigation we have found there was leakage of gas and the victim failed to notice the gas leak and lit the matchstick which resulted in the fire. Anil owns a food cart in Challera area and was living on rent here,” said a senior police officer. Three children are critical as they have got maximum burn injuries.