2 killed, 4 injured as cylinder explodes in India's Noida

Chief Fire Officer, Pradeep Kumar Choubey, said his department received information at 2.52 am about the fire in a 'pucca' house in the JJ cluster in Sector 8.

"The distance to the location from the nearest fire station was around 2.5 km. Two water tenders along with firefighters reached the spot in four minutes and found that six members of the family had got burn injuries due to the fire. Of them, a 12-year-old boy and a newborn girl, just 12-day-old died in the incident," Choubey said.

The fire was extinguished in 20 minutes, the CFO said, adding prima facie the blaze was triggered due to an explosion in the LPG cylinder kept in the house.

Those injured were rushed to the district hospital here but were later referred to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, according to the officer, Economic Times reported.

The local police has initiated legal proceedings in the case, he added.

MNA/PR