1 dead, 11 injured in cylinder blast at Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad

One died and 11 were injured in a fire on Sunday after a cylinder blast in a building named Ashtavinayan located in Dighi Bosri Road of Pimpri Chinchwad area in Pune.

Pune: One died and 11 were reportedly injured in a fire on Sunday after a cylinder blast in a building named Ashtavinayan located in Dighi Bosri Road of Pimpri Chinchwad area in Pune.

When the LPG cylinder exploded in a flat it led to the collapse of a common wall separating two apartments, police said.

"The explosion took place around 7.30 am on Sunday, when one Archana Surwade turned on the gas stove in her flat. The explosion was so powerful that the common wall between the flats of Surwades and Temkars collapsed," Dighi police station's senior inspector Vivek Lawand was quoted as saying by PTI.

The person who died is identified as Dnyaneshwar Temkar. The accident took place on Sunday morning causing a stir in the locality.

Dnyaneshwar's eight-year-old daughter received injuries while Archana Surwade and five other members of her family also received injuries, the official said.

As per information, it seems the gas leaked from the cylinder and caused an explosion the moment the gas stove wasturned on, he added. 

(Further details awaited)