Maha One dead 11 injured in cylinder explosion in Ulhasnagar

PTI Updated: August 08, 2020 17:14 IST

    Thane, Aug 8 (PTI) The 35-year-old owner of an eatery
died and 11 others were injured when a gas cylinder exploded,
resulting in a fire in Ulhasnagar town of Maharashtra's Thane
district on Saturday, police said.
    The incident took place in the afternoon hours when
the LPG cylinder at the eatery exploded killing Pappu Gupta on
the spot and injuring 11 others in the premises, an official
said.
    Persons who sustained burn wounds were rushed to a
local hospital, where three of them are in a critical
condition, he said.
     Personnel from the fire brigade and disaster control
cell rushed to the scene to douse the flames, the official
said, adding that the police are probing the matter. PTI COR
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