Three members of a family suffered burn injures in a fire allegedly caused by a gas cylinder blast at Nagarkeshwari village under Saria police station on the outskirts of Giridih, late in evening on Saturday.
The injured people Deleshwar Ravidas, Prakash Ravidas and Sunil Ravidas were taken to PHC, Saria then they all have been sent to BGH, Bokaro.
According to the reports the explosion occurred at 6 pm on the ground floor at the house of Deleshwar Ravidas who had got the gas cylinder under Ujawalla on Saturday evening, when one of the victims Sunil Ravidas tried to lit the stove for cooking around 7pm, the fire originated and the gas cylinder blasted with bang. It caught fire said locals. Deleshwar’s son tried to lit gas stove.
The explosion might have taken place due to a gas leak, local said. Doors, windows and some belongings of the family were damaged in the fire, locals added.
After hearing a big sound of explosion the locals rescued them and took to them a local hospital.
As their condition deteriorated,they were shifted to Bokaro General Hospital, Bokaro,sources said.