<p>Nine members of a family suffered minor burns in a fire triggered by LPG cylinder leak at a house in north-east Delhi’s Gokulpuri on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place at rented accommodation of 46-year-old Mohammad Akram in New Mustafabad around 7.30 am.<br /><br />“Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was doused within half an hour,” a fire officer said.<br /><br />The injured were taken to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital and Lal Bahadur Shashtri Hospital.<br />They were identified as Akram, his wife Akhlima Begum, 40, and their children Salim, 19, Sana, 14, Afroz,18, Aayan, 7, Parvez, 23, Shakir, 15, and Aafan, 6. Akram works as a supplier of bakery.<br /><br />A police officer added that initial investigation has found that the fire was caused due to leakage of gas.<br /><br />“Akram’s daughter Afroz apparently did not realise that there was a seepage and turned on the gas burner to cook food in the morning. As soon as she lit a matchstick, the house caught fire,” the officer said. <br /><br />Akram’s five-year-old son Zaid was not at home when the incident occurred.<br />Police have seized the cylinder and lodged a case against unknown persons.<br /><br />Charges are of negligent conduct with respect to combustible matter and causing hurt under sections 285 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code.<br />DH News Service</p>
<p>Nine members of a family suffered minor burns in a fire triggered by LPG cylinder leak at a house in north-east Delhi’s Gokulpuri on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place at rented accommodation of 46-year-old Mohammad Akram in New Mustafabad around 7.30 am.<br /><br />“Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was doused within half an hour,” a fire officer said.<br /><br />The injured were taken to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital and Lal Bahadur Shashtri Hospital.<br />They were identified as Akram, his wife Akhlima Begum, 40, and their children Salim, 19, Sana, 14, Afroz,18, Aayan, 7, Parvez, 23, Shakir, 15, and Aafan, 6. Akram works as a supplier of bakery.<br /><br />A police officer added that initial investigation has found that the fire was caused due to leakage of gas.<br /><br />“Akram’s daughter Afroz apparently did not realise that there was a seepage and turned on the gas burner to cook food in the morning. As soon as she lit a matchstick, the house caught fire,” the officer said. <br /><br />Akram’s five-year-old son Zaid was not at home when the incident occurred.<br />Police have seized the cylinder and lodged a case against unknown persons.<br /><br />Charges are of negligent conduct with respect to combustible matter and causing hurt under sections 285 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code.<br />DH News Service</p>
