One person charred to death as gas cylinder fitted in car explodes in Coimbatore

A person sitting inside a car was charred to death, when the gas cylinder fitted in the vehicle apparently exploded and the ensuing fire engulfed it in Ukkadam area of the city here in the early hours of Sunday, police said.

The identity of the deceased is yet to be established, they said.

All the shops in the vicinity of Kottai Easwaran Temple were closed and a large number of police personnel have been deployed in the area, police said. Being a communally sensitive area, a tense situation is prevailing there.

ADGP P Thamarai Kannan visited the spot and reviewed the situation.