May 30 (Punjab Khabarnama) : A house collapsed due to a gas cylinder explosion in Focal Point Rajiv Gandhi Colony, while a mother and son were severely burnt in the fire. Pradhan Vijendra Chandalia said that at around 7 am, a huge explosion took place in a house and the roof of the house flew away, the debris of which reached the roofs of people’s houses.
After the explosion, the house caught fire, which created panic among the people and people ran out of their houses and ran on the road. Pradhan Chandalia said that he immediately informed the fire brigade, which reached the spot and started controlling the fire. Lalita Devi told that she is a widow and lives in the house with her son Sonu Pandit, Sonu studies in class 10th and she works as a laborer.
In the morning when she was making breakfast on the gas stove. Suddenly the gas cylinder caught fire, which spread rapidly in the room. Meanwhile, her son got badly burnt due to the fire. She also got injured, the fire became uncontrollable, seeing which both of them had just come out of the house when there was a huge explosion. The roof of the house was blown off due to the gas cylinder explosion and all their belongings, important documents, cash etc. were burnt to ashes in the fire. The badly burnt son was referred to PGI, where he was bandaged and sent back. Pradhan Chandaliya said that seeing the condition of the widow victim, people helped as much as possible, while the victim has appealed to the administration for help.
