Bhagalpur (Bihar): A truck driver died after gas cylinders caught fire triggering massive explosions in the truck he was driving in Naugachia here on Wednesday morning around 5:30 am. The incident took place near the Narayanpur petrol pump in the Naugachia subdivision of the district. On receiving information about the fire, eight fire tenders, four from Bhagalpur and four from Khagaria, were pressed into service.
Pieces of gas cylinders were scattered within a radius of 100 meters following the blasts. A hotel also caught fire in the incident. The fire has now been doused off completely by fire tenders. Police are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire.