A worker received minor burn injuries in a fire that broke out after a gas cylinder exploded in a room at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city, a civic official said on Tuesday.
In Maharashtra's Thane city, a gas cylinder explosion at a construction site resulted in a fire that destroyed four rooms and left one worker with minor burn injuries. The incident occurred on Monday evening in Kapurbawdi area, and the fire was brought under control by local firemen and the regional disaster management cell (RDMC) within an hour, according to Thane Municipal Corporation's RDMC chief Avinash Sawant. The injured worker was rushed to a local hospital for treatment.
A worker received minor burn injuries in a fire that broke out after a gas cylinder exploded in a room at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city, a civic official said on Tuesday.
Four rooms of workers were also destroyed in the incident which took place at around 9.30 pm on Monday in Kapurbawdi area on Ghodbunder Road, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said.
There were four small domestic gas cylinders in the rooms and one of them exploded, causing the fire, he said. A worker was injured and rushed to a local hospital where he was undergoing treatment, the official said. After being alerted, local firemen and the RDMC team rushed to the spot and put out the blaze within an hour, he said.