Man dies in oxygen cylinder blast in UP

One person was killed and another was injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded at a private hospital in Alinagar area here, police said today.

27-year-old Riyaz was killed and a hospital employee Munna was injured when the oxygen cylinder exploded yesterday, Station Officer Arun Yadav said.

Munna has been admitted in a government hospital, he said, adding that Riyaz's body had been sent for post-mortem.