The explosion occurred in a Jogeshwari chawl after the gas from a cylinder kept inside a tea vendor's room leaked and spread in the locality; 15 people were injured in the explosion.

Of the 15 people who were injured in a cylinder blast at a room in Jogeshwari's Hanuman Chawl on Tuesday, 50-year-old Shakuntala Kagal suffered the worst injuries. Though she was initially admitted to the Trauma Care Hospital along with the other injured, later she had to be shifted to Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli due to her serious condition.