Four people suffered burns following a chemical (glycerine) leak at Worli’s Silk & Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) on Wednesday evening. According to the BMC’s disaster management unit, the incident occurred at 5.13 pm when  glycerine leaked from a machine in the testing department.

The leak was categorised as level-1. “The four injured were first rushed to Jaslok Hospital, and later taken to the National Burns Centre at Airoli. Their medical status is awaited,” said a BMC official.