LPG cylinder blast kills woman, her 3 kids in UP's Deoria

The cylinder exploded when tea was being prepared by Aarti Devi, police said.

In an unfortunate incident, a 42-year-old woman and her three children were killed after an LPG cylinder exploded in a village in Uttar Pradesh district today, police said.

The incident occurred around 4 am in Dumri village located within the Bhaluani police station limits, they added.

The cylinder exploded when tea was being prepared by Aarti Devi, police said.

Senior officials arrived in the village after the incident and the bodies were sent for post-mortem, they said. Forensic and fire department teams are also at the spot, they added.

Shivshankar Gupta, the deceased woman's husband, was getting ready to step out of the house and tea was being prepared when the cylinder exploded, police said.

Besides Aarti, the couple's daughters — Aanchal (14) and Srishti (11) — and son Kundan (12) were killed in the incident, they added.

"Compensation as per the rules will be provided," said Deoria DM Akhand Pratap Singh.

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With PTI inputs