At least five people were killed and several others were injured after a house collapsed following a powerful explosion in Pagla Bhari village of Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya on Thursday (October 9, 2025), officials said.

While the cause of the blast is yet to be ascertained, local officials said it appears to have been a gas cylinder explosion. “The explosion is likely to be caused due to a gas cylinder,” Devesh Chaturvedi, a local official, told The Hindu.

Upon receiving information about the incident, the police, the fire department and the local administration teams rushed to the spot. Several people were still feared trapped under the debris, and rescue operations were underway. “Five people have died in the explosion, a few have been injured, and efforts are on to rescue those trapped,

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