New Delhi, April 13: Thirty people, including 20 children, were injured when a fire broke out in a slum cluster here following leakage of cooking gas this morning, fire brigade officials said.
The condition of seven, including two children and two women, were serious.
Seven hutments were gutted in the incident which took place in the slum cluster near Premwari Bridge in AO-Block in Shalimar Bagh at around 8:30 am.
“Thirty people were injured in the incident and they were rushed to a nearby hospital where they are undergoing treatment,” a senior police official said.
Out of the 30 injured, 20 are children, six men and four women.
Some people were transferring gas from one cylinder to another when the incident took place, the official said.
“There was a leakage of gas and someone lit a match box. The cylinder exploded and the fire spread to nearby hutments.
–Agencies