India, July 9 -- An 80-year-old woman sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out at her house in Pratap Nagar area near the Ghaziabad police line on Wednesday morning, officials said.

According to the fire department officials, they received a call around 11.30am from local residents about a fire in a house.

"Three tenders were rushed to the spot, and teams found that the fire occurred on the ground floor of the house. It is suspected that an LPG cylinder leakage probably caused the fire," chief fire officer (CFO) Rahul Pal told HT.

Police identified the woman as Vimla Devi, a housewife.

"The elderly woman, who was in the kitchen, suffered partial burn injuries. Before the firefighting teams arrived, locals had rushed her to a hos...