8 injured in LPG gas cylinder blast in Mumbai’s Bandra West
At least eight persons were injured in a gas cylinder blast in a tenement on Gazdar Road in Mumbai's Bandra west here on Saturday.
Mumbai: At least eight persons were injured in a gas cylinder blast in a tenement on Gazdar Road in Mumbai’s Bandra west here on Saturday, the BMC Disaster Control said on Saturday.
The disaster struck in a ground-plus-one structure when a cooking gas stove suddenly exploded with a deafening sound around 6.15 a.m. and the tenement caught fire.
The flames quickly devoured the electrical wiring, fittings and installations, clothes and other articles even as the Mumbai Fire Brigade rushed to the spot.
After battling the blaze for nearly half an hour, the fire brigade managed to snuff it out and the victims who suffered burns of between 25-40 per cent and other minor injuries, were rushed to the BMC’s Bhabha Hospital.
They are identified as Nikhil J. Das, 53, Rakesh R. Sharma, 38, Anthony P. Thengal, 65, Kalicharan M. Kanojiya, 54 and Shaanali Z. Siddiqui, 31, Shamsher 50, Sangita 32 and Seeta, 45.
In a medical update, the BMC said that the condition of all the victims in the gas cylinder blast in Mumbai is stable, while Seeta with minor injuries refused to be admitted to the hospital, and the cause of the cylinder blast is being probed.
Ms Kalinga