Three employees of a government-run school were injured in an accidental gas cylinder blast in Larnoo village of Kokernag in this South Kashmir district on Monday.
A police official said the cylinder, used for cooking middaymeals, exploded when a cook switched on its burner. He said three employeessustained burn injuries in the incident.
“The police party reached the school soon and shifted theinjured to nearby health facility for treatment,” the official said. Theinjured were identified as Mumtaza Banoo, Haseena Banoo and Sajad Ahmad Bhat –all residents of Larnoo.