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Vadodara Ramwadi CNG Car Blast: Five Injured as Cylinder Bursts in a Burning Car While a Crowd Watched; Cause Not Established, Reports Differ on Injured Count

In the early hours of Thursday, 5 November 2026, a parked Honda City caught fire on a residential lane in Ramwadi, in Vadodara's Navayard area. A crowd gathered to watch. Before the fire brigade reached the spot, the car's CNG cylinder exploded, tearing the car apart. Pieces of metal were reported up to about 200 metres away and at third-floor level, window glass in nearby houses broke and a small roadside stall burnt. Five people were reported injured, including a woman whose hand was pierced by a metal piece and a person hit in the leg; an early English report said two were hurt, and others said three to four or more than five. Firefighters controlled the blaze with water, and police and residents took the injured to hospital. Police have begun an inquiry. A resident says the car had a CNG kit fitted about 15 days earlier; no official cause or cylinder test record has been reported.