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Siblings killed in fire incident due to LPG leakage

KathmanduPati May 26, 2025

KATHMANDU – Two siblings from the same family have died after a cooking gas cylinder leaked and caused a fire at Jaynagar, Suddhodhan Rural Municipality-5 in Kapilbastu district.

According to police, 25-year-old Shiva Kumar Yadav and his 18-year-old sister Sonam Yadav were seriously injured when a fire broke out suddenly as soon as the gas cylinder regulator was opened while cooking at home on Sunday night.

Both of them died while being taken to the hospital for treatment, said the District Police Office’s Superintendent Niranjan Datt Bhatt. He stated that preliminary investigations by police revealed a fire broke out suddenly due to a gas leak as soon as the regulator was opened.

The deceased Sonam was studying in class 10 at local Murphutwa National Secondary School, as informed by the headteacher Lalchandra Pandey.