2 more killed in cylinder blast at slum in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Two more family members died and three are still critical after a

cylinder blast

following a fire at their slum at

Jagtap Wadi

,

Saki Naka

, on Tuesday night. One family member had died on Tuesday.

Officials stated that the incident was reported to them around 9.30pm and they doused the fire within an hour. They said that during the fire the cooking gas cylinder at the victims’ residence exploded, killing 15-year-old Almas Khan. Anisa (45), Asma (60), Rihan (8), Sania (14) and Sifa (16) had sustained serious injuries on Tuesday.

Asma and Rihan succumbed to injuries on Wednesday.


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