20160601 India 29 get burns as LPG shop catches fire
India May 31 2016 “Stores”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured more than 10
29 get burns as LPG shop catches fire
Updated: 2016-06-01-06:07
At least 29 persons, including 11 children, sustained burn injuries on Tuesday night when a massive fire broke out at Chhapawa market on Motihari-Raxaul road (NH28A) under Sugauli police station area in East Champaran due to multiple explosions triggered by LPG cylinders in an illegal refilling shop.
The LPG cylinders burst one after another in the shop. Huge flames engulfed around seven houses and shops within no time. People in the crowded market area ran helter-skelter for safety. DM Anupam Kumar and other senior officers supervised the medical help given by doctors to the injured at the Motihari sadar hospital on Tuesday night. Civil surgeon Dr Prashant Kumar said 10 patients in critical condition having more than 80% burn injuries were sent to PMCH, Patna. Five patients admitted to a private nursing home were also referred to SKMCH, Muzaffarpur in the wee hours of Wednesday.
“I have ordered the SDM and DSP of Motihari to conduct an inquiry and submit a report and lodge case against the shopkeeper, who will be arrested for keeping the cylinders illegally,” said the DM.
According to police sources, one Lal Babu Sah was running an illegal LPG refilling shop at Chhapawa market for the last several years. On Tuesday evening, Sah was refilling LPG in a cylinder but the gas started leaking and caught fire.”At least six cylinders were kept in his shop when the fire broke out. Sah fled and flames soon engulfed the shop and other nearby shops. All the cylinders kept in the shop burst and a huge fire broke out,” said a source. DSP Pankaj Rawat reached Chhapawa with force for rescue and relief operations and fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire.Awadhesh Kumar Jha, SHO of Sugauli police station, said a case has been registered against Sah, but he is evading arrest.
Web Source: THE TIMES OF INDIA
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