Two persons died after a fire broke out from the leaked cooking gas at Jaynagar, Suddhodhan Rural Municipality-5 in Kapilvastu district on Sunday.
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 last night.
Both of them died while being taken to the hospital for treatment, SP Niranjan Datt Bhatt of the District Police Office, said.
Sonam was studying in grade 10 at Murphutwa National Secondary School.
