In a ghastly incident that occurred on Sunday night, March 20, four people suffered serious burn injuries after an LPG gas cylinder exploded in Maharashtra's Kalwa. As per reports, fire Brigade personnel and a team of RDMC rushed to the spot at midnight.
A civic official on Monday, March 21, informed that those four people were employees of a gas supply agency. The four employees sustained 80-90% burn injuries and were admitted to civic-run Shivaji Hospital at Kalwa, the official further added.
The incident took place at 11.30 pm as a gas cylinder kept in their residential quarters exploded, said the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). The residential quarters of the employees are located adjacent to the Bharat gas agency’s office in the Shiv Shakti Nagar area.
The injured persons are identified as Satyam Yadav (20), Anuraj Singh (29), Rohit Yadav (20), and Ganesh Gupta (19).
The cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained. An investigation into the matter is underway, said officials.
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