4 firemen injured as 8 gas cylinders explode in chawl
Firefighters were dousing flames in the Kalachowky chawl when the cylinders exploded on the first floor.
Four firefighters responding to a blaze in a Kalachowky chawl were injured on Tuesday evening when eight cooking gas cylinders exploded in the building. The entire chawl, comprising 40 small houses, was gutted in the incident, which took place around 5 pm.
None of the occupants of Hirji Bhojraj Chawl on Rambhav Bhogle Marg were injured as they had been evacuated. Two of the injured firemen are receiving care at Airoli Burns Centre. The other two received treatment at KEM Hospital and were discharged.
Residents said that the groundplus-one structure, with four wings, was constructed several years ago and was due for redevelopment.
The cause of the first fire was not immediately known. Firemen were dousing the flames on the ground floor when the eight cylinders kept on the first floor exploded 20 minutes into the operation, causing a bigger blaze.
“The cylinder blast escalated the fire, but it was quickly brought under control. All the residents were evacuated safely,” said Chief Fire Officer Sunil Nesarikar. “We are investigating the cause of the fire.”
Fire at Tardeo RTO
Three hours after the Kalachowky incident, a blaze in the compound of the Tardeo Regional Transport Office (RTO) destroyed two rickety buses that had been impounded by officials. No one was injured. The cause of the fire, which erupted at 8 pm, is not known.
There have been at least five mysterious fires at RTOs in the state, including two at the Tardeo RTO, in the past two months. Some officials suspect the incidents are linked to the ban on the entry of agents at RTOs across the state.
On January 30, a fire gutted a luxury sedan and another vehicle parked inside Nagpur RTO. A few days later, a similar incident took place at Tardeo RTO, followed by small fires in the Thane and Nashik transport offices. - MMB
Four firefighters responding to a blaze in a Kalachowky chawl were injured on Tuesday evening when eight cooking gas cylinders exploded in the building. The entire chawl, comprising 40 small houses, was gutted in the incident, which took place around 5 pm.
None of the occupants of Hirji Bhojraj Chawl on Rambhav Bhogle Marg were injured as they had been evacuated. Two of the injured firemen are receiving care at Airoli Burns Centre. The other two received treatment at KEM Hospital and were discharged.
An assistant station officer of the Dadar fire brigade was among those injured.
Residents said that the groundplus-one structure, with four wings, was constructed several years ago and was due for redevelopment.
The cause of the first fire was not immediately known. Firemen were dousing the flames on the ground floor when the eight cylinders kept on the first floor exploded 20 minutes into the operation, causing a bigger blaze.
“The cylinder blast escalated the fire, but it was quickly brought under control. All the residents were evacuated safely,” said Chief Fire Officer Sunil Nesarikar. “We are investigating the cause of the fire.”
Fire at Tardeo RTO
Three hours after the Kalachowky incident, a blaze in the compound of the Tardeo Regional Transport Office (RTO) destroyed two rickety buses that had been impounded by officials. No one was injured. The cause of the fire, which erupted at 8 pm, is not known.
There have been at least five mysterious fires at RTOs in the state, including two at the Tardeo RTO, in the past two months. Some officials suspect the incidents are linked to the ban on the entry of agents at RTOs across the state.
On January 30, a fire gutted a luxury sedan and another vehicle parked inside Nagpur RTO. A few days later, a similar incident took place at Tardeo RTO, followed by small fires in the Thane and Nashik transport offices. - MMB
