Four persons injured in LPG cylinder blast in Khammam

The injured persons were identified as, Shaik Hussain, his wife Salma, their daughters Nusrath and Nazia who were residing in a single room house

Khammam: A labourer, his wife and their two children suffered burn injuries following an LPG cylinder blast at Church Compound area here on Wednesday.

Shaik Hussain, his wife Salma, their daughters Nusrath and Nazia live in a single room house. When Salma switched on the gas stove to heat the water for her husband it blew up as gas had been leaking since last night as she had forgotten to switch off the stove, police said.

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The residents in the area on noticing the blast sound rushed to the house and shifted the injured to the District Hospital. Hussain, whose condition was said to be critical, has been shifted to a private hospital. Police registered a case and launched an investigation into the incident.

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