Nepali Congress lawmaker Chandra Bhandari and his mother Harikala Bhandari were injured after a cooking gas cylinder exploded at their house in Buddhanagar, Kathmandu on Wednesday.

Bhuwan Bhusal, Bhandari’s personal secretary, informed that the lawmaker and his mother sustained burn injuries in the incident that occurred at around 10:30pm yesterday.

Preparations are underway to send the injured, who were undergoing treatment at Kirtipur Hospital, to Mumbai for further treatment following the doctors’ advice as their health condition deteriorated, Bhusal added.

“Since specialised medical treatment does not seem plausible in Nepal, we request the injured to be admitted to a facility with better medical facilities abroad,” reads a statement issued by Kirtipur Hospital.

The hospital informed that Bhandari has sustained burn injuries on 25 percent of his body while his mother has sustained burn injuries on 70 percent of her body.

The LP gas cylinder exploded when the family was sleeping, said Bhusal.

Various political leaders on Thursday morning reached the hospital to meet Bhandari.

Health minister Padam Giri also met Bhandari and assured him that the government would bear the entire cost of treatment.

The injured will be flown to Mumbai via a chartered flight of Shree Airlines.