Hoshiarpur, Aug. 25 -- The death toll in the LPG tanker fire near Mandiala on the Hoshiarpur-Jalandhar road has climbed to seven, prompting the district administration to order a magisterial inquiry into the incident.

Confirming the deaths, civil surgeon Pawan Kumar said these fire victims were admitted to a private hospital on Chandigarh Road and were on a ventilator. Five patients are still said to be critical while a 7-year-old boy has been referred to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.

Those who died on Sunday have been identified as Jaswinder Kaur (65), Vijay (19), Manjit Singh (70) and Aradhana Verma (28). Aradhana's husband Dharminder Verma had died at Government Medical College in ...