Death toll in Bulandshahr cylinder blast rises to 7; rescue ops continue

Rizwan Mohammed, the son-in-law of the deceased couple, said his woman Tamanna had been surviving with her parents for the past 2 days. “She was nine-month large and our insignificant girl excessively mislaid her beingness successful the incident,” helium said.

Renu Singh, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Sikandrabad, said 13 people, including 2 women and a insignificant girl, were rushed to the infirmary wherever six of them died connected Monday. “Some of them successful superior information portion those with insignificant injuries person been discharged aft superior treatment. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed daze implicit the incidental and directed officials successful Bulandshahr to velocity up the rescue ngo and besides to guarantee due aesculapian attraction to those successful the hospital,” said Singh.

Chandra Prakash Singh, District Magistrate, Bulandshahr, said their precedence is to rescue each those trapped successful the debris and guarantee contiguous aesculapian assistance to them. “The rescue enactment is apt to proceed till precocious nighttime today. What caused the blast volition beryllium known aft the enquiry but our superior probe suggested that the oxygen cylinder was mishandled, causing the blast,” said Singh.

Shlok Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), said Rijjudin’s woman Rukhsana was admitted to the infirmary pursuing a ailment of breathlessness for the past fewer days. She was released Monday evening but her information deteriorated soon aft she reached home. “The household members soon arranged an oxygen cylinder to supply her alleviation but it exploded someway arsenic a effect the location collapsed,” said Kumar.