BALLARI: Eight people of a family sustained injuries, two of them seriously, when an LPG cylinder exploded in their house at Gadiganur village in Hosapete taluk in the early hours on Saturday. The family members were asleep when the cylinder exploded.

The injured include lawyer Halappa (42), Kavitha (32), Gangamma (63), Mylarappa (48), Mallamma and at least one infant. The two seriously injured are being treated at the Sanjeevini Hospital in Toranagal. The impact of the blast was such that a wall of the house collapsed. The Fire and Emergency Services and police personnel visted the spot.

District in-charge minister Zameer Ahmed Khan also visited the spot and elicited information from the locals. He later visited the Jindal Hospital and checked on the injured. He instructed the hospital

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