Overview
- Two more victims, owner Shivani Gandhi and worker Nitu Gupta, died on Monday at the National Burns Centre, taking the toll to four after two deaths on Sunday at Airoli and Kasturba hospitals.
- Samta Nagar police registered an FIR for negligence against shop owner Yogendra Mistry and the late Gandhi under BNS provisions, with further action pending technical reports from the BMC and fire department.
- Investigators say workers tried to contain a leak by placing the cylinder in water and locking the shop, and that trapped gas ignited when a light was switched on, with no cylinder explosion detected.
- The catering unit had no fire department NOC and had recently shifted operations into a cramped 10x12 sq ft shop, prompting a Mumbai Fire Brigade inquiry into compliance failures.
- Two victims remain on ventilator support with extensive burns, while the only male patient with 40% burns is reported stable at the Airoli burns centre.