4 Children Among 9 Killed In LPG Cylinder Blast Near Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police

Gujarat LPG Cylinder Blast: The incident had occurred on the night of July 20. While eight victims - labourers and their family members - died in the last couple of days during treatment, another one succumbed today. All of them were from Madhya Pradesh

Four children and five others have succumbed to severe burn injuries that they suffered in an explosion and fire that was triggered by leakage of gas from an LPG cylinder in a room on the outskirts of Gujarat's Ahmedabad city, a police official said today. The incident had occurred on the night of July 20. While eight victims - labourers and their family members - died in the last couple of days during treatment, another one succumbed today. All of them were from Madhya Pradesh, he said. "Leakage of gas from an LPG cylinder had triggered explosion and fire, in which 10 persons, including children and women, had suffered severe burn injuries. The incident has claimed the lives of nine of them so far. They were undergoing treatment at the civil hospital," inspector PR Jadeja of Aslali police station said. Three persons died during treatment on Thursday, five others died on Friday and one more this morning, he said.