Bhubaneswar: More than 10 persons were injured, seven of them critically, as a gas cylinder exploded during Diwali celebrations in Puri on Sunday evening.
As per reports, the blast took place at the house of Dilip Singh, located behind Madan Villa in the Baliapanda area, when fire from a diya reportedly came in contact with the cylinder while crackers were being burst. All the injured were immediately rushed to the Puri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).
One critically injured person, Sanjeeb Sarkar, was later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Kataka.
The other critically injured have been identified as Saraswati Debnath, Loknath Biswas, Anukul Biswas, Dilip Singh, Trinath Reddy and Jagannath Baliarsingh.
Police from Baliapanda and Kumbharpada police stations have reached the hospital and started an investigation.
