5 Mumbai Houses Collapse After Gas Cylinder Explosion, 11 Rescued

Five houses collapsed after a gas cylinder exploded in a house in Mumbai's Chembur area on Wednesday morning. The incident took place around 7.50am at Old Barrack near Golf Club in Chembur. According to officials, 11 people have been rescued so far out of which four persons have been admitted to the civic-run Shatabdi Hospital in Govandi.

5 houses collapse after gas cylinder explosion in Mumbai's Chembur(PTI)

“A gas cylinder exploded in a house, leading to the collapse of four to five two-storey structures,” a civic official said as quoted by news agency PTI.

In a video posted by PTI, several houses can be seen collapsed as rescuers continued to remove the rubble.