Lucknow: One person was killed and two others injured after an oxygen cylinder exploded during refilling at Panki oxygen plant in Dada Nagar industrial area here on Friday morning.
Oxygen is supplied to retailers and hospitals from the C-13 plant at Panki Oxygen Plant in Dadanagar Industrial Area, Kanpur. The plant is running 24 hours right now due to the Corona crisis. At four o’clock in the morning, a resident of Mardanpur, Murad Ali was refilling the cylinder, when suddenly a cylinder burst. Murad died on the spot due to a badly deformed body in the accident, while another laborer, including the resident of Ramaipur, Hariom Gautam, who was involved in oxygen management at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Kidwai Nagar, was injured.
Both the injured were taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital where Hariom was admitted to the ICU due to a critical condition. The plant owner refused to say anything about the accident. Nayab Tehsildar, posted as static magistrate, gave information to the officials of the administration. No officer had reached the spot even hours after the accident. Police is investigating at the plant to find out the cause of the accident.
