Mumbai: 17 injured in gas cylinder blast in Dharavi, 5 critical

At least 17 were injured including four minors following a gas cylinder blast reported in a slum area of Shahu Nagar in Dharavi in Mumbai on Sunday. Five patients are critical and 12 are stable.

“Two patients are on ventilator support, including an 8-year-old boy, have over 50% burns on their faces. As a result, their faces have swollen and they are unable to breathe on their own so we have to incubate them for artificial breathing support,” said Dr Mohan Joshi, dean of Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital, also known as Sion Hospital. “They are quite critical. They have been admitted under the medicine department. The remaining patients are stable,” he said.