Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 29.
*Corresponding author: Assistant Professor, E-mail: tabinmillo@yahoo.co.in.
Accidental explosions1 in the home are not uncommon which may be associated with gas leaks, the storage of explosive material such as propane. LP Gas cylinders are very commonly used in the household as a cooking gas and also as fuel in motor vehicles. In spite of safety guidelines accidents occur which are fatal. Due to the release of high pressure LP gas the blast effect becomes destructive and fatal. We report here a case of two deaths due to fatal LPG cylinder blast, which came for autopsy to AIIMS Mortuary.
Liquified petroleum gas, blast, propane, butane
