Agra, July 24 : At least four persons have been killed and 12 injured after an LPG cylinder exploded at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place in Daadhki village in Iradatnagar around midnight apparently due to leakage in the gas cylinder. The deceased have been identified as Kamal Singh, 45, Girraj Singh, 61, Mahaveer, 40, and Om Prakash, 27.

Of the injured, the condition of three is critical, a police officer told IANS, adding the injured have been admitted to S.N. Medical College in Agra.

The explosion took place at the house of Himmat Singh. His daughter Meera was cooking when she noticed the gas leakage, and the pipe to the cylinder catching fire.

She raised an alarm, hearing which many people came to the rescue but before they could do anything, the cylinder exploded. Due to the impact of the explosion, the two-storey house of Singh was flattened.

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Puttur: A child being transported from Sullia to Mangaluru for medical treatment was injured in a road accident late Monday night at Mura, in Puttur taluk.

The child, who had been born at Sullia Hospital and was en route to Mangaluru Hospital for treatment due to breathing difficulties, was inside an ambulance when a pickup truck traveling from the opposite direction collided with it. Both the child and the ambulance driver sustained minor injuries in the accident.

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Following the incident, the child and the family were immediately transferred to another vehicle and sent to Mangaluru for further treatment.

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