Udupi, Sep 6: Two more persons, including a three-year-old boy, who were undergoing treatment for severe burns caused in the explosion of a bullet tanker at Bargi village, near Kumta in Uttara Kannada district on September 1, died at the Kasturba Hospital here on Saturday.
The Manipal police gave the names of those who passed away on Saturday as Prema Ganapati Harikantra (50), who died at around 4.20 a.m., and Niranjan Harikantra (3), who passed away at 6 p.m.
With these deaths, more than half of the 14 persons injured in the Bargi tanker explosion have died. Out of the remaining six injured, one is critical, two slightly critical, and three stable.
All five members of a family died
On Friday, an 18-year-old youth identified as Dheeraj Patagar, who had sustained burn injuries, succumbed to death. With this, five members of one family, injured in the explosion, have passed away here.
Nagaveni Patagar (84) died on September 1, while Nagaveni’s daughter, Jayashree (54), and Jayashree’s son, Bharat (26), passed away on September 2, Jayashree’s husband Srikanth died on September 3. Dheeraj is Jayashree’s youngest son.
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