Trending: Birthday balloons trigger an explosion in a Mumbai high-rise

CCTV footage goes viral online, showing a minor explosion in an elevator in a Mumbai residential building.

A video has recently been widely circulated on social media, showing a minor blast inside an elevator of a high-rise residential building in Mumbai. The CCTV footage of the incident, which was caused by the explosion of birthday balloons, has gone viral on the internet.

Birthday balloons trigger a minor blast inside a Mumbai building’s elevator.

A minor blast took place inside a residential building’s elevator in Mumbai. This briefly caused panic after a bunch of balloons caught fire, an incident captured on CCTV and is now circulating online. The video, which has now gone viral, shows a woman entering the lift with a small trolley, followed closely by a man holding multiple balloons stuffed inside a large polythene bag. Within moments of the doors closing, the balloons suddenly ignite, triggering a flash explosion inside the confined space. Flames flare up and briefly engulf the CCTV camera before the doors reopen. Seconds later, the woman and two men rush out of the elevator as the fire subsides.

Watch the viral video here:

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More on the shocking incident in Mumbai.

The video shared on X was captioned, “📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra: Gas-filled balloons caught fire and exploded inside a residential lift in Goregaon. CCTV shows sudden flames, panic, and a narrow escape. Two injured. Safety ignored, danger invited.” As per a leading daily report, the woman in the video has been identified as 21-year-old student HimaniTapriya, who sustained burn injuries on her arm, neck, and stomach when several gas-filled balloons exploded inside the lift at Anmol Tower in Goregaon (West) on Monday night. The police said she was immediately provided medical assistance and is now out of danger.

The Goregaon police have registered a case of negligence against T K Jaiswal, the owner of the shop from where the balloons were sourced. His employee, Raju Kumar Mahato, 32, who was delivering the balloons, also suffered burn injuries in the incident.