Kanpur cold storage explosion: 5 killed, eight injured

An explosion inside a cold storage facility in Kanpur's Shivrajpur area killed five and injured eight people. Several others are feared trapped under the debris as the explosion caused the building to collapse. A gas leak was said to be



the reason behind the blast. The gas leak started at the Katiyar Cold Storage in the afternoon, SP (Rural) Rajesh Kumar said. Teams from the NDRF and Army rushed to assist the fire brigade personnel in the rescue operations.