Seven, including two-year-old child, injured in gas cylinder blast in Mumbai at Malad
gas cylinder blast in Mumbai at Malad
Mumbai: At least six persons were injured in a gas cylinder blast in Mumbai’s Malad area on Tuesday morning, civic officials said. The incident occurred at 9.25 am following a suspected gas leak from a cylinder at a chawl (row tenement) near Bharat Mata School at Malvani in Malad (West), they said.
Seven people, including a two-year-old child injuries in the cylinder blast. Local residents shifted all of them to a hospital, a civic official said.
According to preliminary information, the incident was reported at around 9.25 am on January 27 to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB). The blast occurred near A.C. Masjid, adjacent to Bharat Mata School, in the Malwani area.
Officials said the explosion was so powerful that the first-floor slab collapsed, causing occupants to fall into the ground-floor house below. The fire was confined to the main valve of the cylinder, a gas stove, an LPG cylinder, AC sheets, and household articles including eatables and a mattress in a room on the first floor of a ground-plus-two-storey structure. Personnel from the fire brigade and other agencies rushed to the spot after being alerted.
Fire brigade personnel brought the blaze under control by 9.42 am.
According to the officials, a total of seven people were reported injured in the incident. Of these, four were shifted to Aadhar Hospital, while three were taken to Care Hospital.
At BDBA Hospital, Vijay Choudhary (54), Tausib Khan (18) and Ali Kasim (17) were treated and later discharged against medical advice (DAMA).
At Aadhar Hospital, Julekha Bano Aftaf Ansari (60) suffered 55-60 per cent burns and was later shifted to Cooper Hospital. Adil Shaikh (2) sustained 20 per cent burns and was also transferred to Cooper Hospital. Roma (35) and Alisha (18), both with 35 per cent burns, are admitted and reported to be in critical condition.
Emergency response teams, including personnel from the Mumbai Fire Brigade, local police, officials from the concerned electricity distribution company, a 108 ambulance service, and BMC ward staff, were deployed at the spot.
