Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 6 : Five persons suffered minor injuries in a gas cylinder blast in a 3-storey house at Nawa Kadal in Srinagar today.
“There was a gas cylinder blast in the attic portion of a 3-storey house at Tarbal area of the Nawa Kadal, as a result of which five persons suffered minor injuries while fire erupted in the house,” a police spokesman said.
“The injured were given first aid while fire tenders rushed to the area immediately and doused the flames. The attic portion of the house and some window panes of the house adjacent to it were damaged before the blaze was brought under control,” he said.
The injured have been identified as Javed Ahmad Matoo, Muzaffar Ahmad Matoo, Mohammad Anis, Mohammad Yaqoob Wani and Irdrees Ahmad Wani. They were given first aid locally as none of them required hospitalization as injuries suffered by them were minor.
Some tenants who were putting up in the attic portion of the house had forgotten to switch off the gas stove as a result of which there was blast, spokesman added.
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