LPG leakage triggers blast, 4 of family injured
Kolkata: A suspected gas leak — resulting in formation of a vapour cloud inside a small room — led to a blast on the ground floor of a five-storey building at Ahiripukur Lane in Beckbagan around 5.45am on Thursday. The explosion injured four of the same family. It is believed the explosion took place when one of the residents put a switch on to charge a cell phone.
A vapour cloud explosion occurs when sufficient amount of flammable material mixes with air and is ignited.
The victims have been identified as Ananda Das (42), his wife Kiran (36), son Shivam (7) and his niece Bhumi Chowdhury (16) alias Buli. While Buli is stated to be out of danger, the three others have received various degrees of burn injuries.
