The police have identified the dead girl as Smriti Tamang, daughter of Parang Tamang, a local resident of Sipali Chilaune VDC-5. Parang´s older brother Surya Bahadur´s eight-year-old daughter Karina Tamang has also sustained serious burn injuries, said the police. [break]
Parang and Surya Bahadur live in a joint family. On Tuesday night, both the brothers had gone for a wedding procession in the neighborhood. Surya Bahadur´s wife, who was home to look after her children, had gone to her neighbor´s house after putting Smriti and Karina to sleep.
According to District Police Chief Surenda Prasad Mainali, Surya Bahadur´s wife had lit a candle before stepping out of home, which caused the gas cylinder to explode.
Kareena has been rushed to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj following a primary treatment at Dhulikhel hospital.
In recent years, incidents of fire caused by gas cylinder explosion are on the rise across the country. Almost two years ago, Maoist lawmaker Ram Kumari Yadav had lost her life following a gas cylinder explosion in her rented room in the capital.
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