Published - January 20, 2026 02:01 pm IST - KALLAKURICHI A day after a 50-year-old woman was killed and 18 others were injured in an explosion of a hydrogen gas cylinder at Manalurpettai in Kallakurichi on Monday (January 19, 2026) night, the police have booked the vendor who operated the cylinder and charged him with negligence. Police said A. Ezhumalai (41) of Kulathur village in Tiruvannamalai district, who operated the hydrogen gas cylinder, had sustained severe injuries in the explosion and was admitted to the Tiruvannamalai Government Medical College and Hospital.