18, including three children, suffer burns in cylinder blast
The Hindu
At least 18 people, including three children, suffered burns in a LPG gas cylinder blast at Doranahalli village in Shahapur taluk of Yadgir district on Friday.
According to sources, the incident occurred at around 2 p.m. at a family programme (baby shower). Immediately after the incident, the injured were shifted to the taluk hospital and a private hospital as well. Later, they were referred to Kalaburagi for further treatment. Among those injured, the condition of eight is stated to be critical.
“We saw fire breaking out after a cylinder burst and many who were close to the place where food was being prepared suffered burns. It happened suddenly and everybody was in shock after flames leaped out from the cylinder. We and our relatives had gathered for the baby shower programme. But, all of a sudden it turned into a tragedy,” a man who was present and escaped unhurt told presspersons.
Upon receiving information, personnel from the Fire and Emergency Services rushed to the spot and doused the flames.
The taluk hospital authorities gave the names of the injured who have now been referred to Kalaburagi as follows: Jyothi (45), Adhya (3), Suresh (6), Mahantesh (18), Naganna (55), Bhimarai, Karnayya (60), Sanjana Gowda (60), Gurulingamma (35), Basavaraj (18), Sharada (58), Chennappa (50), Erappa (18), Channaveera (40), Eranna (60), Sumangala (45) and Gangamma (55).
The incident sent a shock waves among those attending the programme and relatives of the family. They all then rushed to hospital and started crying after seeing the situation there Doctors in the Shahapur Taluk Hospital provided preliminary treatment to the injured persons and immediately sent them to Kalaburagi in ambulances.
Member of Legislative Assembly Venkatareddy Mudnal, Deputy Commissioner R. Ragapriya and Superintendent of Police C.B. Vedamurthy rushed to the spot and inspected the area where the incident occurred. They also visited the hospital where the injured were getting treatment.
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