MUMBAI: Four family members and one of their neighbour sustained serious burn injuries after a fire that started due to cylinder gas leak and a compressor of washing machine blasted at
Chembur Camp in Chembur (West) on Wednesday evening.
Fire brigade officials said that the fire was confined in the ground floor structure house. They suspect that cylinder gas leakage caused the fire, engaging the washing machine kept nearby. Due to the blast, residents sustained serious injuries.
Disaster control room officials said that the injured were admitted into
Sion Hospital for treatment. Civic officials stated that the incident occurred around 6pm, when the family members were in the house.
Injured are identified as
Subhash Kamble (69),
Kiran Kamble (40),
Manisha Kamble (34), Daksh Kamble (13) and
Pooja Hinduja (40). Kiran and Manisha are critical.
