Four members of a family, including a woman and her two children, were today charred to death following a cylinder blast at their residence here, a fire department official said.
The mishap took place in the morning when an elderly member of the family threw the butt of a 'beedi' he was smoking, which immediately caught fire, an official said.
The LPG cylinder at their residence had developed a leak, as a result of which, it blasted and the flames engulfed the entire house.
Located near Tower chowk, the whole house was gutted in the blaze and four members of the family were killed in the inferno, while one person was seriously injured.
The deceased have been identified as - Ibrahim Abdul Manthara (70), Kulsoom Hanif Manthara (37), Abid Hanif (11) and Amin Hanif (10).
Two fire fighters were pressed into service to bring the fire under control. After a 30-minute operation, the blaze was doused and from the charred remains of the house, the bodies of the four persons were recovered.
