Mumbai: 15 injured in LPG cylinder explosion at Dharavi slum, 5 in critical condition

An LPG cylinder kept just outside one of the shanties exploded and led to a level one (minor) fire, fifteen persons suffered burn injuries.

Mumbai: Fifteen persons were injured, five of them seriously, after an LPG cylinder exploded and caused a minor fire at a shanty in Mumbai's Dharavi slum on Sunday (August 29), an official said. Of the five persons who have suffered critical injuries in the incident, one is an eight-year-old boy, the fire brigade official said. The mishap occurred in Shahu Nagar locality of the slum in the afternoon, he said. #UPDATE | A total of 15 people were injured, including 5 seriously injured in the cylinder blast in Dharavi, Mumbai