UP Man Killed As Fire Extinguisher Explodes During Refilling

The family of the victim accused the owner of the company of operating it illegally.

One person was killed when a fire extinguisher exploded during gas refilling at a warehouse in the Talkatora area of Lucknow. The victim was identified as Harshit Yadav, 23, a resident of Faizullahganj, who used to work in the gas filling warehouse located in a house in Rajajipuram D-Block.

Police are probing whether the warehouse was being run illegally. The owner of the warehouse is on the run.

According to ACP Dharmendra Singh Raghuvanshi, it came to light in the initial investigation, that the company had a licence.