Navi Mumbai: Three days after the incident of a blast that was triggered by LPG cylinder leakage at an eatery in Sanpada on Sept 15, in which two brothers running the eatery had sustained severe burn injuries, one of the injured brothers succumbed during treatment at National Burns hospital in Airoli.Dr Sunil Keswani, plastic surgeon at National Burns hospital, Airoli, said, “The patient Arjun Yadav (46), who had sustained 92% burn injuries and was on ventilator support in the ICU, succumbed on Friday. While the other patient Manish Yadav (26), who had sustained 42% burn injuries, was discharged against medical advice as requested by his kin, who have taken him to a hospital in Rajasthan for further treatment.”The explosion was triggered by LPG cylinder leakage at the eatery in the ground-floor commercial unit in Pratik CHS, sector-1, Sanpada, at around 6 am. While three shops, including the eatery, were damaged in the explosion, three other shops in the neighbouring Abhimanyu CHS were also damaged. Due to the intensity of the explosion, the glass facade of Suraj hospital located about 50 feet away across the street opposite Pratik CHS got shattered, and the explosion even caused damage to the interior walls of the hospital premises. Fortunately, the patients and staff at the hospital were not hurt. The flooring tiles of the first-floor apartment above the eatery were also affected by the explosion.Deepak Surve, senior inspector of Sanpada, said, “After the explosion at the eatery in which the Yadav brothers were severely injured, a fire accident incident was reported. As one injured person identified as Arjun Yadav succumbed during treatment at National Burns hospital, Airoli, on Friday, Rabale police conducted an inquest panchnama and have sent the relevant documents to Sanpada police station. Subsequently, we will be registering an accidental death case.
