NEW DELHI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least five people, including three children, died and a few others were injured when a blast occurred inside a house in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh late on Thursday night, police confirmed on Friday.
The blast, said to be in an LPG cylinder, occurred in a village in the state's Ayodhya district. The two-storey house was completely razed in the blast, police said.
A bomb detection and disposal squad and a forensic team reached the spot to ascertain the nature of the blast.
The injured were admitted to a local hospital. ■
