Selam: Three people were killed including a couple and their daughter in a gas cylinder blast that took place on Saturday at Kodikainal, Selam. According to the police, the deceased were identified as Ganeshan (51), his wife Manjula (43) and their daughter Vishnupriya (9). Ganeshan is a farmer who has his own land. Vishnupriya is in her her 4th class in a private school at Chinnalampatti. He visits Mangalam Kombu village once in a while as part of agriculture work.

The whole family went to Ganeshan's hometown. On Friday night, they went to sleep after dinner. On Saturday around 6 am, Manjula woke up to make a coffee and lighted the stove, suddenly the gas stove exploded and the whole house shook with the blast. During the accident, Ganeshan, Manjula and Vishnupriya burnt alive. The locals rushed to the spot and informed police. The bodies were sent to the Dindukkal hospital for post-mortem. The police started the investigation. The preliminary probe revealed that the fire accident was caused due to the leakage of gas cylinder.

Recently, in a similar incident, A girl student was killed in a refrigerator blast which took place here on Thursday at Bongulur, Rangareddy district. According to family members, the deceased Deepika was pursuing her B.Tech first year at Sri Indu engineering college. On Thursday, her family members went to an event where she was asked to go along with them. But due to her exams, she was left at home.

When she opened the refrigerator to eat snacks, there was an explosion and a huge smoke engulfed the house. During the blast, Deepika was burnt alive and died on the spot. The neighbours rushed to the spot and alerted her family members. When they reached the house, they found Deepika's dead body in a complete burnt stage. The police filed a case and started probing the matter.

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