Suratkal: Two women injured in fire due to gas leakage in kitchen

Suratkal: Two women injured in fire due to gas leakage in kitchen

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, December 19, 2024: Two women sustained serious injuries in a fire mishap due to leakage in the LPG cylinder at their house at Venkataramana Colony in Tadambail on Wednesday.

The injured women Vasanthi (68) and her sister-in-law Pushpa (72) have been hospitalized with serious injuries.

Vasanthi who was unaware of the gas leakage had switched on the stove on Wednesday afternoon, when fire broke out. As she raised a scream, Pushpa who was washing clothes rushed inside and both women suffered serious burn injuries. Neighbours rushed to the spot and helped the two women whose clothes had got stuck to their bodies and their sarees had to be cut off to rescue them.

 Later, Indane Gas Agency officials visited the house and checked the gas pipe, regulator and cylinder and suspected that gas had leaked from the pipe near the regulator.

The house owner Vaman who was an Ayyappa Vrithadhari was cooking in a separate kitchen close by the house. There were two more cylinders in the house and luckily they did not explode during the fire.

The roofing of the house was blown off due to the impact of the explosion and the house has also suffered damage.