Dhenkanal: As many as 20 houses were reduced to ashes, following an explosion of a gas cylinder at Dangapala under Kankadahada block in Dhenkanal district on Friday.
However, no injury or casualty was reported. Property worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in the mishap.
Fire services department personnel, assisted by locals, put out the fire.
Though the reason behind the incident is not yet known, a leakage in the cylinder is suspected to have triggered the fire, police sources said.
