Furniture and other articles were damaged when a fire broke out following a LPG cylinder explosion in a hotel at Mehdipatnam on Wednesday afternoon.
According to fire officials, the LPG cylinder exploded in Kings Hotel in the afternoon resulting in a fire. All the workers
and customers ran away from the premises. Fire officials and local police rushed to the spot and doused the flames.
Panic prevailed for a while in the area.
The Asifnagar police are investigating.