Kanpur: Seven people, including a pregnant woman and a child, were injured when a fridge compressor exploded in Nawabganj area of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Police sources said that Dial 112 received information that a massive explosion took place on the first floor of the house of Vanshraj, a resident of Pahalwanpurwa Mohalla. On reaching the spot, the police found Sunil Sagar, his wife Anita, pregnant Soni, her husband Vishnu, Ramkishore, his wife Nanki and 12-year-old child Adarsh injured.
7 people including pregnant woman and child seriously injured
According to the information, the police immediately admitted all the injured to Ursala Hospital with the help of the local people, who were seriously scorched, Anita Sagar and her husband Sunil, while others were admitted to LLR Hospital. He told that prima facie the cause of the explosion has been attributed to the refrigerator’s compressor burst, but to investigate the exact cause of the accident, the fire department team along with the forensic team has reached the spot and investigated.
Forensic team and fire department are jointly investigating the incident
Let us tell you that Additional Commissioner of Police Mohd. Akmal Khan told that after talking to the people around, it has come to know that the accident happened due to the bursting of the compressor. Nevertheless, the forensic team and the fire department are jointly investigating the incident to properly investigate the cause of the accident.