The incident took place in Ashapuri colony of Secunderabad, a police official said. A cylinder in a house in the colony suddenly exploded on Monday night, causing the house to collapse with a loud bang and the roof to fall.
उप्र के बुलंदशहर में ऑक्सीजन सिलेंडर धमाके में जमींदोज हुआ मकान, परिवार के 6 लोगों की मौत, कई घायल
A big accident occurred in Secunderabad area of Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh. A house was destroyed by a cylinder explosion and 6 people died.
Meerut Zone Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Dhruv Kant Thakur said that these people died in an explosion in a colony in Secunderabad area of Bulandshahr district. Some people have been reported buried in the debris.
The police officer said that the officials have reached the spot and given instructions for relief and rescue. This accident happened in Ashapuri Colony of Secunderabad. A cylinder placed in a house in Ashapuri Colony of Secunderabad area suddenly exploded on Monday night and the house collapsed with a loud bang and the roof collapsed.
As soon as the information was received, the police and administration officers reached the spot and called the ambulance and JCB to the spot. Officials of police, administration and fire department are engaged in rescue work. Efforts are being made to remove the debris with the help of a digging machine, an official said.
Bulandshahr District Magistrate (DM) Chandra Prakash Singh said that the incident took place in Riazuddin’s house in Ashapuri Colony, in which 18-19 people lived. He said that the cylinder blast took place between 8.30 pm and 9 pm. Eight people have been evacuated and taken to hospital.
DM said that some people’s condition is very serious, some people are undergoing treatment. He said that 10 to 11 people in the house are completely safe. He said that the iron beam of the roof was cut with a cutter. A JCB machine was installed to remove the debris.
Police personnel were also seen appealing to people to move away from the scene due to the rescue operation. A crowd of people had gathered at the place where the explosion took place. District Magistrate said that apart from Police, Fire, Health and Municipal Corporation, the team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is also engaged in relief efforts.
He said that the Chief Minister immediately took notice of the incident and reached the spot and directed the relief work and said that the injured should be given the best possible treatment.
The DM said that the rescue work is in the last phase. He said that बार्दी ही अच्चाना गटी है अगती है अवर हादसे की will be thoroughly investigated as to why the explosion took place.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shlok Kumar said that five people have been confirmed dead. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
He said that this incident was reported to be due to the explosion in the cylinder. At present, there is no one inside according to the family members, but precautionary teams are investigating.
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