Nagpur, Oct 9 (PTI) Four persons of a family were injured after a gas cylinder leak caused an explosion and fire in a home in Mahal in Nagpur on Saturday morning, an official said.

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The incident took place on the ground floor of a three-storey building in Chitaroli, with the impact of the explosion bringing down a wall and the false ceiling of the house, and destroying window panes and a television set, he said.

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"Gas started leaking from one of the four LPG cylinders stocked in the house. When somebody switched on a light, a blast took place at around 5:30am. Four people have been injured. The blaze was doused soon after by the fire brigade," he said.

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