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One person died due to gas cylinder explosion

Balasore: In a tragic incident, a man injured in the cylinder blast has succumbed to the injuries on Saturday, said reliable reports. The man was being treated in SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

In the same incident, a newborn baby of 40 days was killed while four other members of the family were injured following an LPG cylinder blast in Odisha’s Balasore district on March 21, 2023.

The mishap took place at Balaramgadi village of the district while the family members were busy preparing food for dinner.

The intensity of the gas cylinder blast was so severe that the newborn died on the spot, said sources adding that other four family members sustained critical burn injuries.

The injured persons were rescued by the neighbours and rushed to the local hospital for treatment, the sources further added.

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