Kolkata: Two persons were seriously injured in a blast that took place inside a house due to leakage from LPG cylinder early on Thursday morning at Jyangra in Baguiati. According to sources, two persons, identified as Ratan Raut and Prakash Raut of Rajkanika in Odisha, lived in a house near Jyangra Chowmatha. The duo used to work as plumbers. On Wednesday night, they slept after having dinner after shutting the doors and windows of the house. Around 4 am, on Thursday, locals woke up by a sound of explosion. After they came out of their homes, they saw fire had broken in a room on the ground floor of the Maa Er Aashirbad apartment. After a few minutes, they saw Ratan and Prakash running out of the room with burn injuries. They were immediately rushed to a nursing home near Chinar Park. Later, Prakash was shifted to M R Bangur Hospital as his condition was deteriorating. Baguiati police station and the fire brigade were informed. After a while, two fire tenders reached the spot. After the fire was controlled, fire fighters went inside the room and found that gas was leaking from a LPG cylinder. Wasting no time, firefighters removed the pipe that connected the cylinder and oven. The nozzle of the LPG cylinder was also sealed. Due to the leakage in the cylinder, gas was filled inside the room. Later, due to short circuit in the switch board a spark occurred which triggered the fire. As the room was filled with gas, it exploded as soon as it came in touch with the spark. Due to the explosion, a car which was inside the garage of the building was damaged.

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