Malad firecracker shop explosion kills 16-year-old boy as slab collapses in Mumbai (Representative image generated using AI)
MUMBAI: A 16-year-old boy was killed after an explosion at a firecracker shop triggered a blaze and caused its slab to collapse in Mumbai’s Malad area on Monday night. The incident occurred at around 9.56pm at a ground-floor shop on Abdul Hamid Marg in Malvani, civic officials said. The blaze was confined to firecrackers, electrical wiring and installations spread over an area of approximately 20 by 30 feet inside the shop, according to the fire brigade.
A boy was reported missing following the explosion and subsequent collapse.
An explosion involving firecrackers caused the shop’s slab to collapse, following which a fire broke out, according to a civic official. He was later found dead inside the shop, a civic official said. The teenager, who had gone missing after the incident, was later found charred to death inside the shop, officials said on Tuesday.