2 GERF personnel die in cylinder blast

JAMMU: Two personnel of the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) were killed and four others injured when a gas cylinder, they were loading on a vehicle, exploded in Jammu’s Samba district today.

The GREF personnel were loading gas cylinders on a vehicle in Bari Brahmana area of the district when one of the cylinder exploded resulting in the death of two personnel, a police officer said.

He said the deceased have been identified as Amar Singh (driver) and Sant Ram.

The injured have been shifted to the district hospital Samba for treatment, he said. (AGENCIES)