When Ashok Upadhyay lit a matchstick for his daily morning pooja, little did he know that it would end up destroying his home. The matchstick set off a fire due to a gas leak from the LPG cylinder, causing a blast in Upadhyay’s Kesarbai Chawl home at Andheri early yesterday morning. Upadhyay (45) and his wife, Chinta (40) suffered more than 70 per cent burns each. Both were being treated at Cooper Hospital initially, but were shifted to the burns ward in Kasturba Hospital later in the day.

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