15 people injured as fire spreads after LPG leak
New Delhi, May 25: Fifteen persons suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out following a leak from a cooking gas cylinder in east Delhi's Shahdara, police said on Friday.
Delhi Fire Service (DFS) control room received a call about the fire on the second floor of a house in Krishna Nagar around 11 p.m. on Thursday, following which five fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused it.
The fire broke out when one of the victims, Satto, aged 58, was cooking food on an LPG stove, Deputy Commissioner of Police Nupur Prasad said.
Fire engulfed the room due to the gas leak, following which three neighbours tried to douse the flames but got burnt in the process.
Brijesh, 15, Naresh, 16, Shiv Pojan, 19, Dharmveer, 28, Niranjan, 30, Ranjeet, 30, Rajpal, 60, and seven unidentified area residents were injured in the blaze and admitted in different hospitals.
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DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania
Vilnius (AP/PTI): A DHL cargo plane crashed Monday morning near the Lithuanian capital.
The Lithuanian airport authority identified the aircraft as a “DHL cargo plane flying from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport.”
It posted on the social platform X that city services including a fire truck were on site.
DHL Group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, did not immediately return a call for comment.
