15 Injured in Gas Cylinder Explosion

Fifteen persons, including four children, sustained burn injuries, three critically, when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a building in southeast Delhi's Jaitpur area.

NEW DELHI: Fifteen persons, including four children, sustained burn injuries, three critically, when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a building in southeast Delhi's Jaitpur area.

The injured persons have been admitted to Safdarjung hospital.

Three of them --Ajay, Govind Singh and Vinit Kumar-- were in critical condition, a fire department official said, adding two fire tenders were rushed to the site of the explosion which took place around 8:42 AM.

The cylinder exploded in a two-floor building in part-II of Jaitpur extension, the official said.