Stove blast in Kalimpong injures 3 severely

KALIMPONG

11 Nov 2013

Three people of a family were on Sunday night seriously injured after a cooking stove burst at Dev Gram of the Teesta area. Ram Bahadur Subba (55), his wife Sukmit Lepcha (38) and daughter Monika Subba (2) were immediately rushed to the Kalimpong sub-divisional hospital by area residents.

According to Ram Bahadur, a carpenter by profession, he was just back from work in the evening and his wife was cooking vegetables when the stove burst. He said he does not have money enough to pay for the hospital bills and has appealed for him to the general public.

Hospital sources said Ram Bahadur has received 10 per cent burns and his wife 15 per cent, while Monika has 28 per cent burn injuries. However, their house has not suffered any damage from the explosion.