One feared dead in Chemical blast near Shivaji Garden Shahpur

One dead 15 injured due to chemical directly and 12 others also injured

The driver of the vehicle transporting the killer cylinder is in hospital and suffering from high blood pressure doctors said. 
One person on the bike was killed on on the spot due to an explosion in a chemical cyldiner which was being transported in a Tata Ace vehicle near Shivaji Garden (Bhatkande School ).
The deceased has been identified as Rajendra Baburao Patil of Shetty galli.

The intensity of the blast was very high and the was heard even a km away and the glass pieces from the blast were thrown away to half a kilometer.

Amongst the dead is a two Wheeler driver who was passing by and as many as 15 have been injured due to the chemical and about a dozen more due to glass pieces etc.

Three people traveling in a car just near the tata ace have been seriously injured.

First it was said that it was a transformer blast but it was false and the blast was due to a chemical cylinder or storage container being transported in the tata ace.

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