Shillong, Nov. 13 -- By Thomas Lim

One person died on the spot while two others suffered burn injuries when a truck carrying Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders caught fire outside the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation plant near Dahi Chowk in Unnao District of Uttar Pradesh. The incident took place during the morning hours on 12th November, 2019. The timely intervention of fire emergency service managed to control the fire before it could spread and create havoc in the surrounding neighbourhood.

The accident took place when the driver and two other people were cooking food on a 5 kg LPG cylinder stove inside the cabin of the truck, informed the Assistant Superintendent of Police of Unnao District, Vinod Kumar Pandey and apparently a ...