12 November,2026 11:35 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Firefighters brought the blaze under control by 8:04 pm, around 29 minutes after the incident was reported. Representational Pic
A 35-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl sustained burn injuries after a flash fire broke out due to an LPG cylinder valve leak at a house in Andheri East on Thursday evening.
The incident was reported at 7:35 pm at Bombari Chawl, near Khandeshwar Mandir in Kajuwadi, Chakala. According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade, the fire was caused by a flash fire from the main valve of an LPG cylinder in the kitchen of Room No. 2 on the ground floor of a ground-plus-one-storey structure.
The fire was confined to the LPG cylinder's main valve, clothing worn by the two women and a diya, among other items in the kitchen. The affected area measured approximately 3 x 3 square feet.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control by 8:04 pm, around 29 minutes after the incident was reported.
The two injured persons were identified as Rutika Gaud, 35, who sustained 25 per cent burns, and Neha Gaud, 13, who suffered 14 per cent burns.
Both were shifted to Cooper Hospital in a police van. According to information received from the hospital's concerned Assistant Medical Officer at 9:01 pm, both patients were admitted and their condition was stable.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade, police, a 108 ambulance and ward staff were mobilised to respond to the incident.
In a separate incident, a fire broke out in a room above a shop on Station Road in Thane West in the early hours of Thursday.
A plastic tarpaulin at the premises was also caught in the fire. No injuries were reported.
The incident occurred at around 1.50 am at Vaidya Building, next to Nagrik Store, near Shop No. 3, which houses Lakhnavi Chikankari Art, owned by Sudhir Salunkhe and Sanjay Salunkhe.
Following the incident, fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot with one fire engine. Staff from the Disaster Management Cell also arrived with a pickup vehicle, while personnel from Thane Nagar Police were present at the site.
With the assistance of the fire brigade and disaster management teams, the fire was completely extinguished at around 2.30 am. The situation was subsequently brought under control.
Clothes, a fabric mattress and a wooden table stored inside the room were gutted in the fire. The plastic tarpaulin at the premises was also damaged.
According to the Jawahar Baug Fire Station, the firefighting operation was completed without further incident.
