Overview
- A gas cylinder leak triggered a fire and explosion at a migrant workers’ residential quarter in Salempur Bangar, Yamunanagar, injuring 11 people, police said.
- Emergency crews took all the injured to the Civil Hospital, and eight serious burn cases were referred to a hospital in Chandigarh for advanced care.
- Police said the blaze erupted as a family cooked with firewood near a stored cylinder, and the blast severely damaged the quarter’s walls.
- Officers are also reviewing reports that gas was being transferred from a large cylinder to a smaller one inside the room, and forensic teams have examined the site.
- The victims include seven children, including a two‑month‑old infant, and officials said the quarters house migrant families in multiple rooms next to a factory.