KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have reported that one man has succumbed to injuries he received when a gas cylinder exploded at a property on Jacques Avenue in Mountain View, Kingston on Sunday afternoon.

Dead is 48 year-old Everett Austin, a resident of the community.

Reports from the Mountain View Police are that, about 2:35 pm people were illegally filling compressed gas cylinders from a storage tank attached to the back of a motor truck. It is reported that during the extraction process, one of the cylinders caught fire and subsequently exploded.

The explosion resulted in five people being seriously injured and major damage to several properties. The injured were taken to the hospital by lawmen who responded to the incident. They were admitted in hospital where they were being treated for third degree burns when Austin died.

Three units from the Fire Department responded and extinguished the blaze preventing further injury or damage to property.