KARIMNAGAR: A roadside vendor and his daughter died in a gas cylinder blast at Kapuwada area in Karimnagar town on Saturday. According to One Town police, Kura Prabhakar, 62, was preparing food when the regulator of the LPG cylinder came off resulting in the blast. He died on the spot while his daughter Padma, 35, received serious injuries.
She was rushed to government hospital with 60% burns.
She died while undergoing treatment in the evening. It is suspected that the victims did not notice the detached regulator and lighted the stove leading to the blast.