Truck with 150 gas cylinders catches fire in UP

A massive fire broke out in a truck loaded with around 150 gas cylinders leading to a series of blasts for about half an hour in UP's Ghaziabad district on Saturday.

- NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow

The blasts in the truck under flames were so powerful that it led to the collapse of a godown at Bhopura Chowk on Delhi-Wazirabad Road. However, no casualty or injury was reported, officials said.

Local sources said the parts of the exploding cylinders were flying far and wide leading to a fire in 2-3 houses in the vicinity. "The sound of the blasts could be heard in the periphery of 3 km. People residing in the vicinity rushed out of their houses thinking it to be a bomb blast. Even the vehicles parked in the vicinity also caught fire," a local source said.