India, Oct. 4 -- A family of five - a husband and wife, and three children - suffered burn injuries after an LPG cooking gas cylinder exploded at a house following a leakage in Noida sector 82 on Friday night, police said, adding that the injured were transferred to a hospital in Delhi for advanced healthcare support.

On Friday, around 7.15pm, police received information that a fire had broken out in a third-floor flat of a five-storey building in Bhangel, Sector 82. "Two fire tenders were dispatched to the spot," said Pradeep Kumar Chaubey, Chief Fire Officer, Gautam Budh Nagara, adding that the fire was brought under control within an hour.

Investigation revealed that on Friday evening, when Hari Mohan Vyas, 55, was at home along with...