Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jan 2: In an incident that occurred at Jayanagara of Jalligudde of Bajal in the city a house was reduced to ruins after the auto gas cylinder that was kept in the house got blasted.
The mishap took place at around 7.30 pm of January 1 in the house of Chandrashekhara. The house is a tiled one.
Fortunately loss of life was averted as the inmates of the house were not at home during time of the blast of the cylinder.
Local corporator Ashraf Bajal visited the spot immediately and conveyed the matter to fire service personnel as well as the police. The fire service personnel brought the fire under control but the intensity of the fire was so much that the whole tiled house along with the roof was almost reduced to ashes.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.