A house fire took the lives of two school students after gas leaked from a gas cylinder in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning. There was a massive explosion in the petrol tank of the motorcycle that caught fire, due to which both the students studying in class six and eight died on the spot. There was chaos in the village after the accident.
This tragic accident happened on Monday morning in Deori village of Zamania area of Ghazipur. Meena Devi, mother of village resident Vishal Sharma, was cooking food at home. Meanwhile, gas started leaking from the LPG cylinder and suddenly a fire broke out. Seeing the fire, Meena Devi and Sundaram's sister Rekha came out of the house.
At that time Sundaram Yadav and Vishal Sharma were present in the courtyard of the house. It was told that Sundaram had gone to Vishal's house with his sister Rekha to deliver milk. Seeing the fire, both of them got scared and went to the adjacent room to escape.
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A massive explosion occurred in the petrol tank of the bike
The motorcycle was parked in the room where the two students had reached. The fire slowly reached that room. After this there was a massive explosion in the petrol tank of the motorcycle. The explosion was so powerful that both the children were seriously burnt. Both of them died on the spot in the accident. The deceased have been identified as 12-year-old Sundaram Yadav and 14-year-old Vishal Sharma. Both were students of class six and eight in Deori Pre-Secondary School.
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Villagers gathered after hearing the sound of the explosion
Hearing the loud sound of explosion in the tank of the motorcycle, nearby villagers reached the spot. As soon as information about the incident was received, the police and administration team also reached the spot. Officers including Inspector-in-charge Yogendra Singh and Tehsildar Ramnarayan Verma reached the spot and took information about the incident. The police have taken the bodies of both the students in their custody and sent them for post-mortem. According to the police, the reasons for the accident are being investigated. Initially, it has come to light that the fire broke out due to leakage from the gas cylinder and the motorcycle got caught in the fire.