Family of 4 suffers critical burns in Mohammadwadi fire after cooking gas explosion

Mansingh Patil, Inspector, Kalepadal Police Station, said, “The husband and wife have sustained very severe injuries, with 70 per cent burns. The two children have sustained close to 30 per cent burns. They were initially taken to a private hospital and were later shifted to Sassoon General Hospital. Initial observation suggests that one of the burners of the cooking gas stove remained on leading to heavy leakage of the gas. When Bebi Chauhan woke up in the morning, she smelled cooking gas. To check if there was a leak, she used a lighter which caused the explosion and subsequent fire.”

A Pune fire brigade officer said a fire tender from the Kale Borate Nagar Fire Station was dispatched immediately after they received information of the blaze in a house on the second floor of a building in Mohammadwadi. “Upon reaching the scene, firefighters saw that a part of a house on the second floor of a two-storey building was on fire. The fire was brought under control within a few minutes. A man, a woman, and two children from the family had suffered burns,” the fire brigade officer said.

“While extinguishing the fire from one side, the firefighters, with the help of residents and police officers, sent the injured to the hospital for treatment. Several household items were damaged in the fire,” the officer added. Officials said that they were speaking to neighbours and relatives of the family. The statements of the injured will also be recorded as and when possible, they added.

One injured in cooking gas explosion in Aundh

A 38-year-old man was injured in a suspected blast of leaked cooking gas in a house in Aundh. The incident took place around 12 pm in Junawane Residency in Aundh Gaothan area on Wednesday. Fire brigade officials have identified the injured person as Dattatray Kisan Bhandalkar. After receiving information, fire tenders were deployed and the fire that started due to the explosion was controlled. Bhandalkar was rushed to hospital and is being treated.