Three women were killed and six
persons sustained injuries when a gas cylinder exploded at a house here leading
to fire in early hours of Tuesday. One of the injured persons is critical,
police said. There was leakage in the LPG cylinder at a house in near Swomya theater
near chettinagar area of the old city and unaware of it, it’s a three Flore
building in the Ground Flore a woman turned on the gas stove leading to an
explosion and spread of the blaze, Kothapet police station inspector Subba Rao
said. The house's roof collapsed under impact of the impact, he said.
Three women - Ramanamma
(80), Nirmalamma (48) and Ramana (56) - died on the spot, he said. Firemen rushed to the
place and doused the flames. They also rescued the injured persons, who were
later admitted to government hospital.
According to doctors, one of the injured
was critical, he said. A case has been registered in this regard in Kotta peta
police Station.