Houses collapse in west Delhi after cylinder explosion, nine injured

Nine people including an infant were injured on Monday when two houses collapsed in west Delhis Nangloi area following a cylinder blast officials said on MondayThe Delhi Fire Services said it was informed about the collapse around 515 amNine people were rescued by fire personnel and rushed to a hospital with the help of the public and police a Delhi Fire Services official saidThe police rushed to the spot after houses D1100 and D1100A at Kunwar Singh Nagar Street Number 10 in Nangloi collapsedDelhi Fire Services vehicles two PCR vans five ambulances a Delhi Disaster Management Authority vehicle and a minibus of the Disaster Management Service also reached the spot a senior police officer saidSeven people were injured in the collapse of D1100 an old doublestorey building Two people were hurt in the collapse of the singlestorey D1100A Deputy Commissioner of Police Outer Harendra Singh saidThe injured were rescued from the debris with the help of local residents and fire services staff members and admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri he saidAmong the injured were five males including a fiveyearold boy and four females including two children aged five years and six months the police saidAlso Read Madhya Pradesh 20 students of Indore varsity fall ill due to food poisoningSix of the injured are out of danger Two people have been shifted to a higher centre and a girl is in the intensive care unit Singh saidCrime and Forensic Science Laboratory teams were also called inThe Forensic Science Laboratory team however could not examine the spot due to the buildings hazardous condition the police saidInquiries revealed that the buildings collapsed due to a cylinder blast The Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Subdivional Magistrate Punjabi Bagh were informed about the incident they saidThe police have registered a case under sections 285 negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matshyter and 337 causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others of the Indian Penal CodeRavinder Singh a neighbour of the victims said they rescued them from the debris after the blastWe heard a loud noise and rushed to the spot When we were rescuing the victims Simran one of the injured victims told us that there was a leakage in the cooking gas cylinder The incident occurred when she was turning on the gas to warm milk for her child We started the rescue operation within five minutes he addedIn a separate incident a house collapsed in west Delhis Tagore Garden area around 1130 pm on SundayFire officials said the house was situated opposite a Delhi Metro pillar The building collapsed while digging was underway at an adjacent plot No casualties have been reportedAdditional Deputy Commissioner of Police West Akshat Kaushal said Teams of police fire services and National Disaster Response Force are at the site The rescue operation has been going on since Sunday night So far no causalities have been reported Necessary legal action is being initiatedChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the government is in contact with the rescue teamsBoth incidents are tragic The district administrations in both areas are engaged in relief and rescue operations We are in constant contact with the rescue teams I pray for everyones wellbeing he tweeted in HindiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever