A 27-year-old worker died on Friday in a gas cylinder blast that took place in a factory located along the Phagwara-Banga road, police said.
The man, who suffered burns in his abdomen, succumbed while on the way to a hospital in Ludhiana, they said.
Phagwara Deputy Superintendent of Police Jaspreet Singh identified the victim as Baljit Singh of Khothran village.
He said Baljit Singh was rushed to a local civil hospital, which referred him to DMC hospital in Ludhiana.
The DSP said that the blast ripped a part of his belly.
Baljit Singh was a worker at the factory located in the Amar Nagar locality.
He was filling gas in a small fire extinguisher cylinder from a bigger cylinder when the small cylinder went off.
The DSP said police were screening CCTV camera footage to get further leads into the matter.
A neighbour told reporters that the sound of the blast was so loud it sent the residents into panic.