<p>A serious incident of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) leak from a tanker at the Kasturba Hospital here sent the BMC in a tizzy, officials said here on Saturday.</p>.<p>The smell of the leak from a tanker with around 10K tonnes gas, was noticed around 12.30 pm and all emergency systems were activated, said Mayor Kishori Pednekar.To begin with 58 patients, including 20 suffering from Covid-19, were immediately shifted to another location in the hospital and have been said to be safe, she said.</p>.<p>Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray who rushed to the spot, said a potentially major tragedy was averred due to prompt response. "The situation is under control... The work of controlling the gas leak is underway," he told mediapersons at the site.</p>.<p>Officials said that as per preliminary information, the leakage reportedly occurred owing to a malfunction of a valve during the transfer of the gas from the tanker to a storage facility at the hospital.</p>.<p>Senior police, fire brigade, disaster management officials and experts from the HPCL are at the site monitoring the situation closely.</p>
<p>A serious incident of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) leak from a tanker at the Kasturba Hospital here sent the BMC in a tizzy, officials said here on Saturday.</p>.<p>The smell of the leak from a tanker with around 10K tonnes gas, was noticed around 12.30 pm and all emergency systems were activated, said Mayor Kishori Pednekar.To begin with 58 patients, including 20 suffering from Covid-19, were immediately shifted to another location in the hospital and have been said to be safe, she said.</p>.<p>Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray who rushed to the spot, said a potentially major tragedy was averred due to prompt response. "The situation is under control... The work of controlling the gas leak is underway," he told mediapersons at the site.</p>.<p>Officials said that as per preliminary information, the leakage reportedly occurred owing to a malfunction of a valve during the transfer of the gas from the tanker to a storage facility at the hospital.</p>.<p>Senior police, fire brigade, disaster management officials and experts from the HPCL are at the site monitoring the situation closely.</p>