5 injured in flash fire and cylinder blast in jewellery shop in Vadodara

5 injured in flash fire and cylinder blast in jewellery shop in Vadodara

Vadodara:

Five people including 3 woman injured in a flash fire caused by gas leakage and cylinder blast in the basement of a jewelry shop in Vadi police station area of Vadodara city today.

Police said the incident took place in Alankar jewelers in Gadiyali pol in M G Road of the city.

‘One of the two gas cylinders kept in the basement of the shop where gold-smiths used to do jewelry making work, had somehow leaked. The basement was closed. It suddenly caught fire triggering blast in the cylinder. 3 woman customers who were present in the shop at that time to buy jewelry and 2 others injured and have been admitted to hospital,’ a police official said.

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