Pramesh S Jain
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esident of West of chord road in Basaveshwaranagar on Magadi road were shocked for a explosion occurred at the car garage situated at the ground floor of the three storeyed residential building on Saturday evening.
The fire suspected to have started from a gas weilding machines soon spread to the vehicles causing explosion.
The owner of the garage identified as George and his assistant Shivu among four sustained injuries .
Due to the impact the building was shook and window panes and doors startled leading to panic among the residents.
A resident who was watching the fire from the opposite building and recording it on his mobile said that initially he thought that it was a small fire but few second later a massive explosion occurred.Passers-by ran helter-skelter to save themselves .
Two fire tenders rushed to the spot and put out the fire before shifting the injured to the hospital .
DCP West Division,S.Girish along with the BBMP officials visited the spot and supervised the investigations.
Initial probe revealed that leakage from the gas welding machine led to the fire .
However probe continued to ascertain the exact reason behind the mishap.
The police are also checking if there is any violations on part of the garage owner and necessary action will be taken, a senior officer, said .
