Maharashtra: 5 injured in fire caused by gas leak in Thane

The incident took place around 9.30 pm on Saturday in the flat located on the seventh floor of a building in Badlapur township.

Thane: Four members of a family and a mechanic were injured in a fire caused by LPG cylinder leakage at a house in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Sunday.

The incident took place around 9.30 pm on Saturday in the flat located on the seventh floor of a building in Badlapur township here, Thane Municipal Corporation’s regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said.

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The family members noticed gas leakage from the nozzle of the LPG cylinder and called a mechanic to plug it, he said.

While the mechanic was attending to the fault, the gas leakage caused a fire and an explosion in the house, the official said.

“A couple, their two children and the mechanic received burn injuries. They have been admitted to a local hospital,” he said.

After being alerted, local firemen rushed to the spot and doused the blaze within an hour, he added.

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