Death toll in LPG blast rises to three

A man and his three-year-old daughter, who had sustained severe burns after an LPG cylinder exploded at his house in Marathahalli, died on Sunday at Victoria Hospital.

The victims are Karan (32) and his daughter Neha. Karan’s wife Maya, who had sustained 20% burns, is being treated at the hospital. Maya’s son Nikhil (7) died of burns on Saturday.

Maya went into depression after doctors informed her about the death of her husband and children.

The victims hail from Nepal. They arrived in the city about a month ago. Karan was a security guard at an apartment in Marathahalli where the family was living in a room in the basement.

The incident occurred on May 23. Maya had forgotten to turn off the cylinder’s regulator properly.

The cylinder pipe had suffered damage, resulting in the gas leakage, added the police.

When Maya woke up the following morning and switched on the lights, the cylinder exploded. Her two children, who were asleep, sustained severe burns. All four were rushed to Victoria Hospital.