Overview
- In Malad West’s Malvani chawl, a suspected LPG leak triggered a 9:25 am explosion and fire that injured seven people, including a two-year-old.
- The Mumbai Fire Brigade and BMC said the blaze was doused by 9:42 am and officials reported structural damage, with the first-floor slab collapsing.
- Two women suffered about 35% burns and were reported critical, and all injured were moved to KEM Hospital after initial treatment at private and civic facilities.
- On Republic Day in Malegaon, a balloon vendor’s cylinder exploded near the parade area, injuring five to six people, with four reported serious and shifted to Nashik.
- Police detained vendor Mohammed Sadiq Makbool Ahmed and registered cases under BNS sections 125, 287, 288 and the Explosives Act, as probes continue and reports differ on whether the gas was helium or nitrogen.