Three persons, including a woman and her teenage son were killed and eight injured in an LPG cylinder explosion at a house at nearby Aataiyampatty today, police said.
While the woman and boy died on the spot, the body of a man was found under the debris of a nearby house, which was among three damaged in the blast, they said
They said the explosion occured after the woman tried to light the gas stove unaware of a leak in the cylinder.
The injured have been hospitalised.