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One person dies, another injured in cooker blast in Bengaluru

06:54 PM Aug 14, 2024 | PTI |

Bengaluru: A man has died and another was injured allegedly due to a cooker blast at their residence in Puttenahalli here, police said on Wednesday.

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The incident occurred on Tuesday while they were cooking rice, they said.

Nothing suspicious was found and it was just a cooking mishap, the police added.

“Two men staying in a house on the terrace of a building were preparing rice in a cooker when the lid of the vessel blew up resulting in burn injuries to both of them. The two were rushed to a hospital where one of them succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning while the other person is under treatment,” a senior police officer said.

“All experts were consulted and a detailed investigation was done. There was no chemical or any suspicious object found. It was an incident of cooking mishap,” he said.

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