India, Jan. 8 -- At least 10 hotel workers were injured, six of them critically, after a domestic LPG cylinder exploded at Hotel Jagdamba on the Daund-Patas Ashtavinayak Road on Wednesday.

According to officials from the fire brigade, the blast occurred around 1:40 pm in the kitchen, where a LPG cylinder went off, triggering a fire.

The Daund police promptly contacted the fire brigade departments of Kurkumb MIDC and Daund. While two fire tenders arrived at the scene, by the time the fire brigade reached the location, the hotel owner had already extinguished the fire.

Kiran Patil, in charge of the Kurkumb MIDC fire brigade department, said the accident happened inside the kitchen of the hotel, during which only the hotel staff was prese...