Gas leak triggers cylinder blast; six labourers critical in Anekal

Six construction workers were seriously injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a rented house in Anekal on Bengaluru’s outskirts on Monday. The injured workers, identified as Bijay Singh, Deerendra Singh, Praveen Singh, Sajay Sardar, Santhosh Prasad, and Vijay Kumar, were shifted to Victoria Hospital. Authorities suspect the explosion occurred after cooking gas leaked and accumulated inside the house.