India, June 14 -- One person died and seven others were injured, one of them critically, due to an explosion in the outdoor unit of an air-conditioner (AC) of a food outlet in Mahim on Friday. The deceased and critically injured individual were technicians repairing the ACs of the outlet, located near the famous Makhdoom Shah Dargah on Cadell Road.

Onlookers said the explosion was so fierce that the technicians were flung several feet onto the street. The blast also damaged the facade of the eaterie and the flat above.

"The technicians had come a day earlier too, returning on Friday to continue the repairs," said Rizwan Khan, who lives next to the ground-plus-one structure where the blast took place. "Something went horribly wrong and t...