Five-year-old dies in LPG cylinder explosion

Dehradun | Tuesday | 5th March, 2019

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After rushing to the spot, we saw that a part of the house had turned into rubble.”The mother, 32-year-old Ruchi Arya, is still under observation in a government hospital in Ramgarh. NAINITAL: A five-year-old girl died in a LPG cylinder explosion in Ramgarh area of Nainital district on Monday.The mother of the deceased child also sustained serious injuries and is currently being treated in a government hospital.Sources said that the LPG cylinder caught fire after a faulty pipe led to leakage.The girl, identified as Smriti Arya, succumbed to her injuries within a few minutes of the incident even as locals rushed to the victim's house to help.Ram Bisht, a resident, said, “We heard an ear-shattering blast..