Youth sustains burn injuries after blast in his room

A youth has received severe burn injuries after an explosion in his room here which also partially damaged some adjoining buildings, police said today.

The blast occurred late on Tuesday night in Kailash's room located in Ramdham colony where he lived on rent, leaving him badly charred, SSP Sweety Aggarwal's office said.

The room and some other adjoining buildings were also damaged in the blast, it said.

However, it was not clear what led to the blast as a forensic team from Dehradun examining the scene of the blast today found an intact LPG cylinder kept inside the room.

Kailash, who hails from Nainital district, is in severe pain and is not able to tell the police what may have caused the blast, the SSP office said.
 

Investigations are on, it said.