Mumbai: Eight persons, including four of a family, were on Saturday injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded at their residence in suburban Vikhroli here.
The blast took place at a housing society in Parkside locality around 11.30 am, leaving four family members, Sapna Chauhan (20), Aniket Chauhan (17) Vimla Chauhan (50) and Saurabh Chauhan (17) grievously injured.
All the eight injured, including those living adjacent to the Chauhan family's house have been admitted to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital, police said.
All the four family members are said to be in a critical condition. Both the women in the family, Sapna and Vimla have received 85 per cent burns.
Yesterday, eight persons were charred to death when a blaze broke out in a hotel in suburban Kurla.
There were reports that explosion of a gas cylinder caused the mishap at Hotel Kinara in Kurla (W) but police denied it later and said that short circuit appears to be the cause behind the incident.
