3 hurt in cylinder blast
Anand, his wife Chaitra and their disabled daughter Pavithra sustained severe burn injuries in a cylinder explosion at Parvathinagar, Laggere.
They are being treated at Victoria Hospital. The couple’s other children Yamuna and Jagadish were away at their grandmother’s house, in the same area, when the incident occurred.
The police said Chaitra had turned off the cylinder knob before going to bed. It is suspected that Pavithra who woke in the middle of the night might have accidentally turned on the knob. Chaitra who woke up early morning, switched on the light, which led to an explosion.
The impact was such that the roof collapsed and window panes were shattered, said the police.
