KANPUR, Oct. 4 -- At least two people were killed and around 10 others, including children, seriously injured when a septic tank exploded in the basement of a building near Aloo Mandi in Farrukhabad's Kadri Gate police area on Saturday, informed district magistrate Ashutosh Dwivedi.

The blast occurred due to the accumulation of methane gas in the basement-located septic tank, he stated, adding that the basement also housed a coaching centre for students from class 1 to class 12.

The two deceased have been identified as army aspirants 26-year-old Deepak Kashyap and 25-year-old Akash Saxena, while the injured children, aged 8 to 12, are Rhythm, Anshika, Nikhil, Abhay, and Piyush, the district magistrate stated, adding that strict action w...