Woman injured in gas cylinder blast at Kattoor in Keralam’s Thrissur

A 43-year-old woman sustained serious injuries after a gas cylinder exploded at her house at Ponjhanam in Kattoor, near Irinjalakuda, in Thrissur around midnight on Saturday.

The injured woman, Abitha, wife of Shine of Thekkumpuram House, was rushed to a private hospital in Thrissur.

The explosion occurred while Abitha and her three children, Ardra, Shivendra and Parthiv, were asleep. While the children were sleeping on a bed, Abitha was resting on a mat in a bedroom adjacent to the kitchen. Her husband, who works as a driver at a timber mill in Chovvoor, was away at the time.

A firewood stove in the kitchen had been kept burning to heat water. Fire and Rescue Services personnel who reached the spot suspect that an ember from the stove may have fallen near the gas cylinder, triggering the explosion.

The blast completely destroyed the kitchen and caused extensive damage to the house, shattering windowpanes, doors and floor tiles in other rooms.

A six-member Fire and Rescue Services team from the Irinjalakuda fire station conducted the rescue operation.

Published - November 15, 2026 07:41 pm IST