<p>A teen and his parents sustained serious burns when a leakage in a cooking gas cylinder triggered an explosion at south Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave, police said on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police said around 7.30 am in south Safdarjung Enclave’s Krishna Nagar, when Nura Sharma, 40, went to the kitchen to make tea for her husband M K Sharma, 45, and son Bhumnesh Sharma, 14, the cylinder caught fire due to the leakage, and later exploded.<br /><br />“Preliminary investigation revealed that Nura got injured due to the explosion, and when her husband and son rushed to the kitchen, they too sustained burns and were trapped,” said a police officer.<br /><br />Their neighbours broke in and managed to take them out after dousing the flames partly with water.<br /><br />They immediately informed police and Delhi Fire Service.<br /><br />“We immediately rushed two fire tenders to the spot. The blaze was doused in around 20 minutes, and they were rushed to Safdarjung Hospital,” a fire official said.<br /><br />Nura is undergoing treatment. Doctors said she suffered 50 per cent burns, while her husband had 20 per cent and son 15 per cent.<br /><br />Her condition is stable, doctors added.<br /><br />Narrow escape<br /><br />A driver of a chartered bus had a close shave when the vehicle caught fire at outer Delhi’s Narela on Tuesday night.<br /><br />Seeing the bus engine in blaze, the driver alerted the passengers and jumped from the bus. The passengers too came out but in the process, two passengers received minor injuries.<br /><br />Two fire tender vehicles reached the spot and doused the flames and the injured were rushed to nearby hospital where they are undergoing treatment for minor burns.</p>
<p>A teen and his parents sustained serious burns when a leakage in a cooking gas cylinder triggered an explosion at south Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave, police said on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police said around 7.30 am in south Safdarjung Enclave’s Krishna Nagar, when Nura Sharma, 40, went to the kitchen to make tea for her husband M K Sharma, 45, and son Bhumnesh Sharma, 14, the cylinder caught fire due to the leakage, and later exploded.<br /><br />“Preliminary investigation revealed that Nura got injured due to the explosion, and when her husband and son rushed to the kitchen, they too sustained burns and were trapped,” said a police officer.<br /><br />Their neighbours broke in and managed to take them out after dousing the flames partly with water.<br /><br />They immediately informed police and Delhi Fire Service.<br /><br />“We immediately rushed two fire tenders to the spot. The blaze was doused in around 20 minutes, and they were rushed to Safdarjung Hospital,” a fire official said.<br /><br />Nura is undergoing treatment. Doctors said she suffered 50 per cent burns, while her husband had 20 per cent and son 15 per cent.<br /><br />Her condition is stable, doctors added.<br /><br />Narrow escape<br /><br />A driver of a chartered bus had a close shave when the vehicle caught fire at outer Delhi’s Narela on Tuesday night.<br /><br />Seeing the bus engine in blaze, the driver alerted the passengers and jumped from the bus. The passengers too came out but in the process, two passengers received minor injuries.<br /><br />Two fire tender vehicles reached the spot and doused the flames and the injured were rushed to nearby hospital where they are undergoing treatment for minor burns.</p>
