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Mumbai: Dharavi slum fire leaves 17 people injured, five with critical burns
Updated On: 30 August, 2021 08:34 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Twelve of the injured people are in a stable condition and undergoing treatment at Sion Hospital
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A cylinder blast led to a fire at Dharavi’s Kamla Nagar slum around noon on Sunday. Pic/Shadab Khan
Seventeen people, including minors, were injured in a fire that broke out after a cylinder exploded at Shahu Nagar’s Kamla Nagar slum in Dharavi. As per information received from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), of the 17 injured, five are critical and currently undergoing treatment at Sion Hospital. This includes an eight-year-old boy, who has suffered burn injuries to his face.
The five patients who are in critical condition include Sonu Jaiswal, 8; 40-year-old Sataradevi Jaiswal, who has suffered 60 per cent burns; 58-year-old Shaukat Ali with 60 per cent burns, 28-year-old Anju Gautam and 32-year-old Prem Jaiswal, both of whom have suffered injuries to their face. The other 12 injured people are in a stable condition and undergoing treatment at Sion Hospital. According to the BMC, not all of the injured are residents of nearby houses. Some of them are passersby too.
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