Mumbai, Nov 12 A woman and a 13-year-old girl sustained injuries in a flash fire caused by an LPG cylinder malfunction in Chakala in Mumbai’s Andheri East area on Thursday, civic officials said.
The incident occurred around 7.35 pm in a ground-floor room of a ground-plus-one-storey structure at Bombari Chawl near Khandeshwar Mandir in Kajuwadi, they added.
“As per the Mumbai Fire Brigade, the blaze was caused by a flash fire from the main valve of an LPG cylinder. It affected the cylinder valve, clothes worn by the two women, a diya and other items in the kitchen, covering an area of around 3 sq ft. The blaze was extinguished by 8.04 pm,” an official said.
Rutika Gaud (35) suffered 25 per cent burns, and Neha Gaud (13) sustained 14 per cent burns, he said, adding both have been admitted to Cooper Hospital in a stable condition.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade, police, 108 ambulance service and civic ward staff were mobilised for the operation, the official said.
(PTI News)
