Puri: Three people were injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a hotel in the beach town of Puri in Odisha Friday, police said.
The explosion took place at the hotel on Grand Road, near the 12th-century Jagannath temple, around 3.30 pm while cooking was underway, they said.
The injured were taken to the Puri District Headquarters Hospital, where two of them are stated to be in critical condition, police said.
Among those injured are two cooks and a tourist, they said, adding that the cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained.
SP Prateek Singh said police would investigate all possible angles.
PTI