Overview
- The explosion ripped through Hi-Tech Gas’s cylinder-filling unit in Mohali’s Phase 9 industrial area on August 6, killing two workers and leaving four in critical condition.
- Fire brigade teams, police and ambulances reached the scene within minutes and rushed the injured to PGI Chandigarh and Mohali civil hospitals for urgent care.
- Investigators have sealed the Hi-Tech Gas plant and registered a negligence case against supervisors under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita while probing whether a mishandled cylinder during loading caused the blast.
- Fragments of exploded cylinders were found as far as nearby Kambali village, shattering windows and damaging adjacent factories.
- Families of the victims have demanded compensation and regulators face renewed pressure to tighten safety audits at critical medical gas facilities.