Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh (October 21, 2024): Five members of a family were killed in a cylinder explosion in Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr district, on Monday. The blast resulted in the collapse of part of their house, and several others were reported injured.
According to preliminary reports, the explosion occurred at the residence of Raju in Ashapuri Mohalla. Police, administration, and fire department officials are engaged in rescue operations. Efforts are underway to remove the debris with the assistance of an excavator.
"We have got information that five people have died and some are trapped under the debris due to an explosion in a colony in the Sikandrabad police station area of Bulandshahr district," Additional Director General of Police, Meerut Zone, Dhruva Kant Thakur told PTI.