Massive blast in a closed house shakes Kalol town; 1 death

Kalol: Citizens in this small town, located between Ahmedabad and Mahesana rushed out of their homes today morning at around 7.30 am after a huge sound of blast and earthquake like impact. The blast had occurred in a closed house in Garden City in Panchvati area. It was so massive that the entire house where blast occurred collapsed in seconds and turned into rubble.

While the house in which blast occurred was inhabited, the neighbouring house which also collapsed due to impact of blast had one old lady, a youth and his wife inside. Among them a youth has been dead while his mother and wife are hospitalized.

Some other houses in proximity have also suffered damages while residents were injured. Fire broke out in collapsed house which was doused. Reason behind the blast is not known as of now, but underground gas pipeline is believed responsible.

District collector said, Sabarmati gas piped supply network is presence in the area. The line was not operational in the closed house since over a year. He said prima facie it appears that incident occurred due to domestic gas leakage.

ONGC, Ahmedabad asset said: an unfortunate gas leakage took place at around 9.30am today in a gas pipeline in a residential area near ONGC’s Kalol field. ONGC confirms that this pipeline, where the accident took doesn’t belong to it. ONGC fire tenders have rushed to the spot.

Update: 1 killed, 2 injured. “Primarily it appears that 2 houses collapsed after a pipeline exploded due to gas leakage, experts are verifying it,” says Abhay Chudasama, IGP, Gandhinagar Range.

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