Three injured in cylinder blast in N Delhi

New Delhi, Jul 12 (UNI) Three people were injured, one of them seriously, in a cylinder blast in North Delhi this afternoon, fire brigade officials said today.

A woman named Babli and her two children sustained burn injuries when a petro max cylinder burst in their house in Prem Nagar at 1435 hours, the fire officials said.

The woman sustained nearly 100 per cent burn injuries while her three year old daughter Manisha suffered 30 per cent burns and her eight year old son Ravi suffered 7 per cent burns.

The injured were admitted to Sanjay Gandhi hospital, the fire officials said.

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