Mumbai Tragedy: Two People Are Burned After a Gas Cylinder Blast at Chawl in Mankhurd

Mumbai Tragedy: Two persons were hurt in a terrible gas cylinder explosion that occurred at a chawl in Mankhurd on Tuesday, December 17, 2025, in the afternoon. The explosion happened at around 3:40 p.m. on 30 Feet Road in Janata Nagar, close to Madina Hospital in Mankhurd, according to the FPJ investigation. According to the first report, a blast explosion occurred inside a room, causing some roof damage.

Locals raced to the scene after the event and sent the wounded to Sion Hospital for first care. Prithviipal Jaspal (40), who received around 30% of the burn injuries, and Rajesh Khichad (25), who suffered about 25% of the burns, have been named among the injured.

In a another instance, a gas cylinder inside a chawl in Goregaon West burst early on Wednesday, December 10, injuring three people and frightening locals. Locals promptly threw buckets of water to put out the fire, but the blast’s tremendous power forced parts of the walls in two ground-floor rooms to collapse, trapping and hurting the inhabitants.

Officials said that although the third victim has suffered severe injuries and is receiving intense care, two of the victims are now in stable condition. Despite the prompt action of neighbors, the neighborhood was rocked by the unexpected explosion and the ensuing wall fall.

The explosion happened at 7:42 a.m. at Rajaram Chawl, which is in Goregaon West’s Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar-2. Locals controlled the fire before the fire department could arrive, keeping it from spreading to adjacent apartments. According to officials, the collision caused parts of the walls in rooms 180 and 181 on the ground level to fall, resulting in partial structural damage.

Later, in order to prevent further dangers, firefighters cut off the electrical supply. The three inhabitants were injured as a consequence of the structural damage caused by the explosion, which mostly damaged the plastic products and home goods kept within.