Bhubaneswar, Dec 30: At least one woman was killed and three others of the family injured when a cooking gas cylinder burst at a government quarters in the state capital here on Wednesday, the police said.
The incident took place at the residence of one Chandramani Nayak, an employee of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), at around noon.
The deceased was the wife of Nayak while his son-in-law and a neighbour sustained critical burn injuries.
Nayak also sustained injuries and they were admitted to a private hospital.
The nine-year-old daughter of Chandramani, who escaped the accident narrowly, said she ran away from the room after seeing fire in the kitchen room.
The fire brigade officials rescued two girls from the house, said T K Babu, assistant fire officer, Bhubaneswar. Nayak’s mother also escaped unhurt as she was in another room during the mishap, the fire officials said.
The fire brigade team took one hour to douse the flames. They suspect that the fire might have caught by a leak in the cylinder.
