Barabanki (UP), April 22 -- A woman and her two children were charred to death, whereas her husband and another child were injured after a domestic gas cylinder caught fire and exploded in Masauli area of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, police sources said here.
Police said that Rajmal Vishwakarma (38), a resident of Pure Jabar village, lives with his wife Pinky (35) and his three children Shivani (4), two and a half years old Omkar and eight-month-old Deepali.
On Tuesday evening at around 5:30 pm, Pinky was cooking food inside the house on a small gas cylinder.
"She was carrying eight-month-old Deepali in her lap, while Shivani was playing with her brother Omkar nearby. Meanwhile, a fire broke out due to a gas leak in th...