A 42-year-old man sustained serious burn injuries after a PNG pipeline blast triggered a fire at a house in west Delhi’s Subhash Nagar area, an official said on Tuesday.
The incident was reported from a ground-plus-three-storey residential building.
“We received a call regarding the fire at 10.20 pm on Monday. Two water tenders and one water bowser were rushed to the spot. The blaze was caused due to a blast in a piped natural gas (PNG) pipeline, following which the fire spread across parts of the building," the officer said.
He said firefighters rescued a man who had suffered severe burn injuries in the incident and shifted him to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital.
The injured was identified as Vijay Kumar (42), who sustained nearly 85 per cent burn injuries, he added.
Police said further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the PNG pipeline blast.
