Eight persons were injured after a fire in a ground-plus-one structure in Santacruz caused a Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder to explode in the early hours of Saturday morning.

According to officials from the Mumbai Fire Brigade, the incident occurred at around 6 am. on Saturday in the Filter Gully on Gazdhar Bandh Road. The road has several informal settlements formed by people working in garment manufacturing units. Officials said that fire started due to leakage in a gas pipe in a 10 by 10 feet structure in the area, and was confined to electric wiring, electric installation and clothes.