Cylinder caught fire while preparing Chhath offerings: Policemen poured water and exploded; 30 injured, 10 serious

Manish Raj Singham | Aurangabad4 hours ago

In Aurangabad, Bihar, 30 including 7 policemen were injured when a gas cylinder exploded while making offerings for Chhath puja. More than 70% of people over 21 have burns. Of these, the condition of 10 is critical. The accident happened at 2:30 on Friday night.

Chhath Puja was going on in the house of Anil Goswami in ward number 24 of Sahebganj locality of the city. All the family members were busy making Prasad. Then suddenly the fire started due to gas leak. After this there was a stampede in the locality. The people of the locality started extinguishing the fire. Meanwhile, the patrolling police team also reached there. As soon as water was poured on the cylinder to extinguish the fire, it exploded and 7 policemen were scorched.

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The contents of the house were also completely destroyed due to the fire.

7 policemen were also injured in this accident.  Some of these suffered more than 50% burns.

7 policemen were also injured in this accident. Some of these suffered more than 50% burns.

Around 20 neighbors were also injured in the accident.

Around 20 neighbors were also injured in the accident.

Eyewitness told – suddenly there was a blast

These injured police personnel are Mohammad Muazzam.

These injured police personnel are Mohammad Muazzam.

Police jawan Mohammad Muazzam, who was injured in the accident, said, ‘We were doing night patrol. That’s when we got information that ward no 24 was on fire. We immediately left for that neighborhood. When I arrived, I saw that there was a fire. As soon as a water pipe tried to extinguish the fire, the cylinder exploded with a loud bang. We all got burnt.

On the other hand, Anil Goswami, the owner of the house said, ‘We were on the terrace at night. My wife was making prasad for Chhath puja. It was reported that there was gas leakage. By the time we came down, the fire was already out. After a while, there was a loud explosion in the cylinder. Didn’t understand anything.

7 cops injured

  • female constable preeti kumari
  • DAP Akhilesh Kumar
  • Jaglal Prasad
  • Saif Jawan Mukund Rao
  • Jaglal Prasad
  • Driver Mohammad Muazzam
  • Deepak Kumar

More than 30 people were injured, including Anil Odia, Rajiv Kumar, Shabdir, Aslam, Sudarshan, Arian Goswami, Chhotu Alam, Anil Kumar, Shahnawaz, candidates for the post of city council president of Sahebganj locality. Out of this, the condition of about 10 people is said to be serious.

After the incident, the people admitted to the Sadar Hospital were treated by the doctors. After this, people took their patients out according to the situation, seeing the nearby private hospital and serious condition. At the same time, 10 injured were referred in critical condition by the doctors of Sadar Sadar Hospital. Rest of the injured are being treated at Sadar Hospital.

After the accident, mourning has spread on Chhath in the entire locality.

After the accident, mourning has spread on Chhath in the entire locality.

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