Five days after a gas cylinder explosion in Jogeshwari's Hanuman Chawl left 15 people injured, one of them who was undergoing treatment at Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli, died on Sunday. Fifty-year-old Shakuntala Kagal was said to be in a critical condition due to the 65-70 per cent burns she had suffered.

Kagal and 14 others were injured after the cylinder exploded inside a hutment on May 21. She was initially taken to the Trauma Care Hospital but was later shifted to Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli due to the severity of her burns. Doctors who were treating her said that she had suffered burns on the face, neck and chest.