Pressure cooker blast damages roof in Nagpur, injures vendor

A pressure cooker exploded while potatoes were being boiled inside a house in Lashkari Bagh, Panchpavali, Nagpur, on Monday morning, damaging the roof of the house. The incident caused panic in the neighbourhood.

Kalidas Pali, 61, who runs a panipuri and chaat stall, was seriously injured in the blast. Pali runs his stall at Kamal Chowk at night. He was boiling potatoes in a large pressure cooker in his room at around 8 am when the cooker suddenly exploded.

Pali, who was in the room at the time, was seriously injured. The wall and roof of the room were also damaged in the blast. Hearing the sound of the explosion, Pali's neighbours rushed to help him and got him admitted to Mayo Hospital for treatment.

On learning of the incident, Panchpavali police reached the spot, inspected the site and have begun an investigation.