Pramesh S Jain
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even people including a couple and their three-year-old daughter sustained injuries in a explosion caused due to LPG cylinder leakage in a house in Chokkasandra in Peenya on Monday morning.
Due to the impact two adjacent houses were also damaged and a senior citizens were also sustained injuries and admitted to the hospital for treatment .
The injured Dhijudhar,34,wife Anjali Das,31,daughter Manushri,3 were injured out of then the couple and their daughter were critical and being treated in ICU.
The injured Neighbours identified as Thipperudraswamy, 50,Shobha,60 and Karimullah,45 and Manu,25 were also admitted to the hospital and said to be out od danger.
The incident occurred on Monday morning when the family suspected to have switched on the light which triggered the blast due to gas leakage from the cylinder.
It was suspected that the family had closed the windows and doors of the house due to winter in the night and the gas after leakage accumulated in the night,which caused the explosion.
Two houses adjacent were also damaged partially due to the impact.
The resident were shocked and rushed out of the house before alerting the control room.The Peenya police along with the fire and emergency service personnel rushed to the spot and carried out the rescue operation.
The Peenya police awaiting to record the statement of the injured before initiating the investigation.
Earlier similar incident had occurred on Friday One of the two persons injured in a LPG cylinder explosion at a house in Surya city police station limits on Monday, succumbed to his injuries on Friday.
The victim is Vishnu Jayaraj,28,a native of Kannur in Kerala was living with his friend Sanil Joseph,30 at a their house in Kattigenahalli .
The duo was working in a private hospital and living in a first floor of the house.
The duo according to the police had closed the windows due to cold weather and the a gad from the LPG cylinder leaked and accumulated in the house .
One of them woke up in the morning and tried to switch on the light which triggered the exsplosion.Due to the impact the neighbouring houses also damaged and damaged three bikes and a car .