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Pune: Senior citizens injured in cylinder blast at Kasba Peth

by pranjalipargaonkar
Pune: Two senior citizens, 90 and 85 year old, received injuries in a domestic cylinder explosion that happened in Kasba Peth on Wednesday morning. Fire Brigade jawans reached the spot immediately and brought the fire under control. The two injured persons have been admitted in hospital for treatment on the burn injuries. They have been identified as Thakarsi Tribhuvan Solankhi (90) and Vasantbai Solanki (85).
The injured couple stays in a building near Saat Toti Police Chowky in Kasba Peth. They have a room of size 10 x 8 square feet in the parking lot of the building. The cylinder kept in their room had a leakage in the connection pipe on Tuesday night. As a result, when the couple tried to ignite the gas on Wednesday morning the cylinder exploded.
The explosion was big enough to break the window glasses of the house. The two were seriously injured in the incident. Fire Brigade was informed about the explosion and a team comprising of Fire Officer Sunil Naiknavare, Kumbhar, Dalvi, Gaikwad and Waghmare rushed to the spot immediately. Fire Brigade personnel doused the fire with the help of water.

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