India News | Woman Killed, 4 Hurt in Fire Caused by Leakage from Gas Cylinder in UP's Mainpuri: Police

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A woman was killed and four people were injured in a fire caused by leakage from an LPG gas cylinder in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Thursday.

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Mainpuri (UP), Sep 14 (PTI) A woman was killed and four people were injured in a fire caused by leakage from an LPG gas cylinder in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday in Ramaehaar village located within the Kotwali police station limits, they added.

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Arjun was fixing a leakage issue in a gas cylinder in his house. He lit a stove and the fire broke out, resulting in serious injuries to five people, Superintendent of Police (SP) Vinod Kumar told PTI.

Villagers rushed to the scene and carried out a rescue operation. The injured were sent to a hospital where Kunti (18) succumbed to her injuries, the officer said.

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Villagers and police, including Circle Officer (City) Santosh Kumar Singh and ASP Rajesh Kumar, rushed the injured to the hospital. Three of the injured people, including two women in a critical condition, were subsequently taken to the medical college in Saifai. One of them succumbed to her injuries on the way, the SP said.

Two rooms of the house where the fire broke out have been badly damaged, police added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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