LUCKNOW, April 28 -- Four persons of a family including a toddler were injured when their dilapidated house collapsed following a cylinder explosion at Ghazi Mandi near Shia PG College under Chowk police station jurisdiction, said police.

"The police and fire department teams reached the scene soon after the 11.40 am incident to rescue the injured and rush them to KGMU trauma centre for treatment," the police said.

"Injured were identified as Rajkumar Kashyap, 52, Pinky Kashyap, 38, one-year old Vidisha Kashyap and Jagdish Kashyap, 70," said Chowk fire station officer Pushpendra Kumar Yadav.

Rajkumar, Pinky and Vidisha sustained severe burn injuries due to the explosion, he said.

He said the fact that locals had already started the re...