KOLKATA: Five persons — four of them from a family — received severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in the Port area on Monday evening.
Among the injured is a gas mechanic who had been called by the family to repair the cylinder once they realized that gas was leaking from it. The incident was reported from Ekbalpore Lane around 6.30pm. Two women and a minor girl were also injured. The police and fire brigade said that residents of the area also helped them in rescuing the injured family members.
