Eight people died after the roof of a two-storey building collapsed due to a cylinder blast in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district. As many as 15 people were trapped under the collapsed roof. The villagers could rescue some of them and rushed them to the Public Health Centre in Nawabganj. Gonda Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Mishra said, "14 people were trapped after the roof of the house collapsed. Seven people have died including three children and two women."