The LPG cylinder blast at an illegal filling centre in Virar (West) has now claimed five lives. While four died on the spot, another of the victims, Ghanshyam Gupta, died at KEM hospital on Saturday while undergoing treatment. Sixteen other people sustained injuries in the incident.

The blast took place at around 8.30 pm on Tuesday at the Ekvira building, when LPG was being illegally transferred from a commercial cylinder into smaller ones. One of the four victims killed on the spot was Dilip Jain, owner of the godown where the explosion occurred.