Three injured in blaze caused by gas leak

Lucknow | Sunday | 22nd July, 2018

Summary:

The three injured are critical and are undergoing treatment at Civil hospital.The house is owned by Santosh Shukla, a contractor, who lives with his wife Jaya Shukla (37) and two sons Yash (13) and Dhruv (6). However, as the leak increased and flames soared, her father-in-law Ram Shukla came to pull her out.A neighbour, Sushil Singh Chauhan heard calls of help and saw the flames. Santosh who was on ground floor also rushed upstairs.Indiranagar fire station officer Uma Kant said, "One fire tender was dispatched from Ghazipur. He quickly dialled police and fire station and rushed to rescue. Firemen rescued Jaya and her father while the neighbour Sushil rescued Ram Shukla.SHO Ghazipur Sujeet Rai took the injured to KGMU Trauma Centre from where they were referred to Civil hospital..