27 injured in gas cylinder explosion in Delhi

New Delhi, Apr 13: Twenty seven people were injured after a gas cylinder explosion triggered off a fire in a slum cluster in Delhi, fire brigade officials said.

Some huts were burnt down in the fire which broke out at around 8:30 am in the slum cluster near Premwari Bridge in AO- Block in Shalimar Bagh.

Officials said that the explosion could be due to a gas leakage. Seven fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and the fire have been doushed out in about 70 minutes, they added.

"Twenty-seven people were injured in the incident and they were rushed to a nearby hospital where they are undergoing treatment," they said.

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