A 23-year-old man working for a French multinational IT services company was killed in a gas explosion at a shared accommodation in Bengaluru’s Kundalahalli on Monday. The incident, which occurred at the Seven Hills Sai Co-Living paying guest facility around 6:15 p.m., left three others injured.
The explosion occurred on the ground floor of the seven-story building, which has 43 rooms. It is believed that the deceased and other victims were on the terrace and came down after seeing the billowing smoke. The blast went off at the same time, killing Aravind.
“Among the injured are two employees of private companies and one working as a PG helper,” K Parashurama, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Whitefield), was quoted as saying by NDTV.
A rescue unit immediately went to the scene and contained the raging fire. The police have registered a case. Preliminary investigations suggest that a commercial gas cylinder was involved in the blast, though the exact cause of the ignition is yet to be ascertained, police told PTI.
“We are inspecting the building for violations. We have already noticed that there was no decay during the construction and we are verifying whether other rules were violated,” Parashurama said.
Aravind, a native of Ballari in Karnataka and a senior analyst at Capgemini, was killed in the blast. Three others were injured and identified as Venkatesh (28) from Kurnool, Vishal Verma (23) from Uttarakhand and CV Goel (25), a woman from Uttarakhand.
All the injured are being treated at Brookefield Hospital in the city.
The blast took place at a Paying Guest (PG) accommodation – a shared or private accommodation – owned by Vishnu, a resident of Andhra Pradesh and locally managed by Roja.
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Meanwhile, three people, including a 70-year-old woman, died and one was injured after a fire caused by an explosion of pressure cylinders in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar took place during the day.
Muzaffarnagar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sanjay Kumar, told news agency ANI, “A 70-year-old woman, Sushila Devi, and her two sons, Amit and Nitin, died after they were caught in the fire. This incident took place at around 4.39 pm at the residence of Vasundhara, located in the Nai and Mandiblast area of Police Station Two. Ward.”
“Police arrived within four to five minutes of the incident. Post-mortem and autopsy are being arranged. Three people have died, there are reports of injuries to one person who is now out of danger,” the police official added.
