One person was killed and nine, including children, sustained injuries after a suspected explosion of a leaking Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder in a house. A common wall between the house and an adjacent apartment also collapsed in the explosion.
The incident took place on Sunday morning in Dighi area of Pimpri Chinchwad.
According to the local police, the explosion took place at 7.30 am in a residential complex in Mahadevnagar area of Dighi.
Inspector Vivek Lawand of Dighi police station said, “Primary investigation points to the explosion of LPG which seemed to have been leaking in the kitchen of the Surawade family. When someone switched on an electrical appliance in the morning or may have tried to light the kitchen gas burner, the explosion occurred.”
