7 injured in blaze triggered by LPG leakage

Bengaluru: Leakage from an LPG cylinder sparked off a blaze before it exploded and left seven people, including two children, injured in a house at Attiguppe near Chandra Layout on Monday night.
According to police, the incident took place around 8.45pm and the injured are Sukumar, 48, Harsha, 41, Ganashri, 13, Hemeshwar, 7, Ramakka, 65, Anitha, 31, and Rachana, 21.
Harsha noticed the gas leakage on entering the kitchen and alerted her husband Sukumar and two children. They were coming out of the house when the gas spread and a dia kept in the puja room ignited the blaze. One cylinder exploded in the incident. Four members from Sukumar’s family and three from their landlord Ramakka’s family sustained burn injuries.