Woman killed, 6 injured in explosion in Jharkhand

A woman was killed and six others were injured in an explosion at a house in Jharkhand's Giridih district early on Monday, police said.

The blast occurred around 1.30 am after a fire broke out at the house in Sheetalpur locality under the jurisdiction of the Mufassil police station.

SP Bimal Kumar told PTI that a fire broke out in the house, and the blast was powerful, damaging the roof and walls of the house.

“The investigation is under way to ascertain the cause of the explosion,” the SP said.

Mufassil police station in-charge Shyam Kishore Mahto said the blast took place at the home of one Umesh Das.

"His mother-in-law was killed, while his wife, children and father-in-law sustained injuries," the officer said.

The injured were referred to Ranchi's RIMS hospital, he added.