Mumbai: Huge gas tanker blast on highway kills one
Mumbai, March 4: One person was killed and 14 injured when a LPG tanker caught fire on major highway near a slum in Mankhurd suburb in Mumbai in the early hours of Monday.
The blazing tanker overturned and the flames quickly spread to the nearby slums when the tanker carrying around 18 tonnes of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) gas suddenly caught fire on the Eastern Express Highway . There was a loud explosion and the horrific incident took place around 2 a.m.
One
unidentified
person
was
killed
while
14,
including
three
women,
sustained
burn
injuries.
The
injured
have
been
admitted
to
Shatabdi
Hospital
in
Govandi.
Seven
of
the
injured
are
reportedly
critical.
Nearly 20 fire tenders, water tankers and foam dispensers were deployed from nearby fire stations to battle the deadly inferno. Traffic on the busy Eastern Express Highway, which connects the metropolis to the Navi Mumbai and National Highway 4, was suspended to facilitate fire-fighting operations.
In
a
similar
incident,
a
gas
tanker
exploded
on
the
Pune-Solapur
highway
late
on
Saturday
night
after
a
car
collided
with
it.
At
least
one
person
was
reported
dead
and
a
few
others
injured
in
the
incident
that
occurred
around
10.30
pm
An
Indica
car
collided
with
a
tanker
that
was
waiting
at
a
petrol
pump
in
Varkute
village,
in
Indapur
police
station
limits.
As
a
result,
the
valve
of
the
gas
tanker
came
loose
and
gas
began
to
leak.
Even
as
people
began
to
move
away,
there
was
a
huge
explosion.
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