New Delhi: At least 14 people were injured in an LPG explosion at a Jhuggi in the JJ Camp locality of Tigri in the national capital, police said. The 14 injured are being treated at the Burns Centre of Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi Police said. The incident occurred at 7 pm on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said a cooking gas cylinder had exploded and the injured, who included a woman, have been admitted to Safdarjung Hospital. The 35-year-old woman received serious injuries, he said.
A woman was cooking in her Jhuggi when the cylinder caught fire. She, her husband, and her brother-in-law's family immediately ran out of the house before the explosion but the neighbours were injured, Thakur said.
The area is highly congested and has high population density, the DCP added.
Senior police officers with staff are present at the spot for rescue and relief. Meanwhile, eight fire tenders have been rushed to the site as fire broke out soon after the explosion.
According to the locals, the cylinder catches fire while changing the regulator valve of the cylinder.
"The fire tenders came at the spot after an hour. We demand from the fire officials to deploy a vehicle near our area as it takes more than an hour to reach our area due to traffic congestion", added a local.
Earlier, a fire broke out at a furniture shop in south Delhi on Sunday. The furniture shop was in the basement of a two-storey building in the Lajpat Nagar market. However, no casualty was reported in the incident.
