Three children killed, 5 injured in CNG cylinder explosion

Mumbai, Jan 28 (UNI) Three children were killed and five others injured when the CNG cylinder of a Maruti Van, carrying 11 children, exploded and caught fire near Milat Nagar, Jogeshwari in western suburb here this afternoon.

The injured children have been rushed to the nearby V N Desai hospital, police said.

Meanwhile, local people had a scuffle with mediapersons and one photographer was manhandled and his camera was snatched away by the public when he was clicking the photographs of the accident, sources said.

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