A truck transporting hydrogen gas cylinders overturned and caught fire on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Palghar district early on Saturday. Several of the cylinders exploded on the truck. There were no casualties, but the driver sustained minor injuries.

The accident occurred near Vasai, on the Ahmedabad-bound side of the highway (NH48). “The cylinders were being transported according to guidelines. The truck overturned after it collided with a divider. The cause of the collision is still unknown. We are investigating the incident,” an officer from the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar Police Commissionerate told mid-day.