NEW DELHI: At least seven people, including four children and two women, were killed in a gas cylinder explosion on Monday in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.
According to police officials, a women also suffered injuries in the explosion that took place at a house in Dholaghat village of Pathar Pratima block around 9 pm.
“All the bodies have been recovered. The injured woman was rescued from the house and admitted to hospital,” Sunderban Police District SP Koteswara Rao told news agency PTI.
Authorities believe that the explosion occurred after firecrackers stored in the house ignited when two gas cylinders inside exploded. All the bodies have been recovered from the site.