Gujarat: Seven dead in fire, explosion caused by LPG cylinder leakage

Seven persons have succumbed to the burn injuries after leakage of gas from an LPG cylinder triggered fire and explosion inside a room on the outskirts of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city, police have said.

The incident took place on Tuesday night (July 20), but the victims – labourers and their family members – died over the last couple of days during treatment, said S S Gameti, sub-inspector of Aslali police station in Ahmedabad rural on Friday.