In a heartbreaking incident, a gas cylinder blast at a popular nightclub in Goa in the early hours of Sunday, claimed 25 lives, leaving families across states devastated.
In a dreadful incident, a massive fire broke out in a restaurant on the ground floor of Clarks Inn Hotel under the Katghar police station area in Moradabad. At least four cylinders exploded, contributing to the blaze.
A gas cylinder blast in Mardan killed six family members and injured two, while separate roof collapse incidents in Dijkot and Tando Adam left several injured, including children. All three tragedies were linked to poor infrastructure and unsafe living conditions.
The cause of the blast is not yet known, with forensic teams investigating the site. While locals suspect a domestic gas cylinder explosion, police have ruled out this possibility, saying that the blast occurred in the bedroom.
The number of injured workers has increased to six in a fire incident at a factory in the Najafgarh area of the national capital, said officials on Saturday.
Three people including children of the same family were killed while one was injured after a massive fire broke out at a general store and a residence following an explosion in three gas cylinders in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai on Wednesday evening.
At least six people were injured, and two nearby shops were gutted in the fire following a gas cylinder explosion at a shop in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, police officials said.
Two children were killed and another suffered severe injuries in a fire that broke out after a domestic gas cylinder explosion at a slum in Punjab's Bathinda in the early hours of Tuesday.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) turned out to be the first responder after receiving a distress call from the fishing boat Durga Bhavani, which caught fire following a cooking gas cylinder explosion in the Bay of Bengal on Friday afternoon, officials said on Saturday.