India, July 9 -- Around 3,000 LPG cylinders were swept into the Patalganga River after floodwaters breached the boundary wall of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited's (HPCL) Patalganga LPG Bottling Plant in Maharashtra's Raigad district following heavy rainfall. The incident has triggered major safety concerns, with authorities urging people not to touch or collect the drifting cylinders.

According to officials, relentless rain caused flooding inside the bottling plant in Chavane village of Panvel taluka, allowing both filled and empty LPG cylinders to be carried away by the strong current into the Patalganga River and Kharpada Creek. Videos showing hundreds of cylinders floating downstream have gone viral on social media.

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