GHAZIABAD: A cooking gas cylinder exploded on Monday in a house in Ghaziabad ripping apart portions of the two-storied building. Several people had gathered at the house for a marriage function when the unfortunate incident took place.
As per a report in the Times of India, there was no blaze and no fire tenders had to be called in.
The mishap took place on the first floor of 31-year-old Mukesh's house. He recalled how the entire house was filled with smoke. "Two kids and two women relatives were trapped inside the inner room for a couple of minutes. They were brought out safely. A couple of our relatives sustained minor injuries in the melee. Khushi was discharged from the hospital after treatment," he said.
It was a regular 14-kg gas cylinder that was bought through an agency and had not been purchased in black.
