Mysore/Mysuru, Dec. 26 -- The balloon gas-filling cylinder blast in front of the Jayamarthanda Gate of Mysore Palace has once again drawn attention to unsafe practices followed by roadside food vendors who use LPG cylinders to cook food in public spaces.

Many such vendors neither follow safety instructions nor are fully aware of the dangers involved.

Street food stalls have mushroomed in several parts of the city, dominating stretches such as the road near the Vijayanagar Water Tank, where more than 50 food stalls operate between 6 pm and 11 pm; Lalitha Mahal Road near the Arch Gate and the area behind Marimallappa's College, close to Maharani's Women's Junior College.

In addition, hundreds of footpath eateries across the city cook foo...