Kerala Lpg Tanker

Panic gripped people in Kozhikode, Kerala after gas leaked from an LPG tanker which overturned and fell on a stationary autorickshaw killing its driver, before experts temporarily plugged it some five hours after the mishap.

The fire that raged when an LPG tanker lorry overturned at the national highway at Kallyassery was doused, official sources said today.

An LPG bullet tanker today caught fire after it overturned on the national highway at Kallyasseri, about 10 kilometres from Kannur.

Kerala will give jobs, pensions and compensation to the next of kin of those killed and the injured victims of last week's LPG tanker blast in which 19 people were killed and 12 others injured, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy said Monday.

Three more persons, including two women, succumbed to burn injuries taking the toll in Monday's LPG tanker lorry explosion in Kannur to 18, police said.

With three more persons, including a woman, succumbing to burns on Saturday, the toll in Monday's LPG tanker lorry explosion in Kannur rose to 14.

Two more people died of their burn injuries at a hospital in Kannur on Thursday, taking the toll in the LPG tanker lorry explosion at nearby Chala to six. Geetha and Remla, in their forties, with over 50 per cent burns died at Pariyaram Medical college hospital.

A woman succumbed to her burns at a Kozhikode hospital on Wednesday. This takes the toll in the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker mishap near Kannur to three, police said. Fifty-year-old Nirmala, who was undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, died on Wednesday morning, sources said. Two people have died of burns on Tuesday.

Panic gripped people in Kozhikode, Kerala after gas leaked from an LPG tanker which overturned and fell on a stationary autorickshaw killing its driver, before experts temporarily plugged it some five hours after the mishap.

The fire that raged when an LPG tanker lorry overturned at the national highway at Kallyassery was doused, official sources said today.

An LPG bullet tanker today caught fire after it overturned on the national highway at Kallyasseri, about 10 kilometres from Kannur.

Kerala will give jobs, pensions and compensation to the next of kin of those killed and the injured victims of last week's LPG tanker blast in which 19 people were killed and 12 others injured, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy said Monday.

Three more persons, including two women, succumbed to burn injuries taking the toll in Monday's LPG tanker lorry explosion in Kannur to 18, police said.

With three more persons, including a woman, succumbing to burns on Saturday, the toll in Monday's LPG tanker lorry explosion in Kannur rose to 14.

Two more people died of their burn injuries at a hospital in Kannur on Thursday, taking the toll in the LPG tanker lorry explosion at nearby Chala to six. Geetha and Remla, in their forties, with over 50 per cent burns died at Pariyaram Medical college hospital.

A woman succumbed to her burns at a Kozhikode hospital on Wednesday. This takes the toll in the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker mishap near Kannur to three, police said. Fifty-year-old Nirmala, who was undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, died on Wednesday morning, sources said. Two people have died of burns on Tuesday.