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Mumbai: 18-year-old welder, 14-year-old aide killed as fuel tank explodes
Updated On: 20 May, 2015 12:13 PM IST | | Sagar Rajput
<p>Incident occurred at Om Sai Service Centre, Chembur, where the welder was trying to fix a petrol tanker with the help of the cleaner; explosion left three passers-by injured and destroyed roofs of several huts in the vicinity</p>

Two teenagers aged 14 and 18 lost their lives in a freak mishap after the fuel tank of a petrol tanker exploded in Chembur last morning. The deceased were identified as truck cleaner Manish Patel (14) and welder Shakeel Khan (18). Patel was assisting Khan to fix the tank.
The intensity of the explosion was such that it ripped the fuel tank of the vehicle into two, claiming Patel and Khan’s lives
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