5 killed in cylinder blast in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr

A portion of the house collapsed due to the explosion in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr. Some people feared being trapped under the debris. The search and rescue operations are underway.

In Short

• Incident took place in Sikandrabad area
• 18-19 people were present during explosion
• Eight people rescued, some in critical condition

At least five people, including a woman and two children, were killed in a cylinder blast in a house in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district on Monday. A portion of the house collapsed due to the explosion and some people are feared trapped under the debris.

The incident took place between 8:30 and 9:00 pm in the Sikandrabad area, according to police.

"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 Thaku said, as quoted by news agency PTI.

Bulandshahr District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh stated that there were around 18 to19 people present in the house at the time of the explosion.

He said eight individuals had been rescued and taken to a hospital, with some in critical condition. "Some of them are in a very serious condition," he added.

A similar incident happened last month in Firozabad, where five people were killed, and ten others were injured after a house collapsed due to an explosion at a firecracker factory.

(With inputs from Mukul Sharma/Agencies)