Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud bang, followed by flames engulfing the vehicle. The intensity of the blast was such that the gas cylinder was blown apart, with its fragments scattered across the area
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A makeshift vehicle used for selling fast food gutted in a fire triggered by a cooking gas cylinder explosion near Airoli railway station in Thane on Tuesday night, an official said, adding that nobody was injured, reported news agency PTI.
The explosion occurred around 8:30 PM, reducing the vehicle to a charred shell within moments.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud bang, followed by flames engulfing the vehicle. The intensity of the blast was such that the gas cylinder was blown apart, with its fragments scattered across the area.
"There was an explosion in the gas cylinder kept in the makeshift vehicle serving as a Chinese food stall. The fire spread instantly, gutting the vehicle," said a senior official from the Navi Mumbai Fire Brigade, reported PTI.
The blaze was controlled before it could spread to nearby vehicles or structures.
The explosion led to a temporary halt in traffic along the busy Thane-Belapur highway, causing a significant jam for nearly 30 minutes.
The cause of the cylinder explosion is under investigation, officials said.
Scrap godown gutted in blaze; no injuries
In another incident, a scrap godown storing plastic materials in Thane was gutted in a major fire on June 8, officials said, adding that the blaze was controlled after three hours.
Nobody was injured in the incident, said Thane Municipal Corporation's Disaster Management Cell chief Yasin Tadvi.
"The Disaster Management Cell received information about the fire at a godown in Shilphata area around 10:31 AM," Tadvi said.
A coordinated firefighting operation was immediately launched involving teams from both Thane and Navi Mumbai, he said.
The fire was extinguished by the fire department personnel at 1:30 PM, Tadvi added.
He said the cause of the fire could not be known immediately.
(With inputs from PTI)
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