Pune, August 9: At least one person has been killed and several others have been injured in a cylinder blast in Pune on Sunday. According to a tweet by ANI, one person has died while 13 others have been injured in the blast. Reports inform that the cylinder exploded in a house in the area.

Reports inform that the incident took place in Dighi area of Pimpri-Chinchwad earlier today. According to details by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Fire Brigade, the injured people shifted to a nearby hospital.

Here's the tweet:

Earlier in the day, 10 people were killed in a fire accident at a hotel which was converted to a COVID-19 care facility in Andhra Pradesh. The blaze was reported at a hotel which was converted into a COVID-19 in Vaijayawada at 5 am today. Officials recovered 10 bodies from the hotel which was taken by a private hospital to treat COVID-19 patients. State Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharita informed that the hotel was taken on lease and was run by Ramesh Hospitals.

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