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It is a compressed gas in liquid form inside a tanker, which has a tap, a liquid valve and vapour valve. NAVI MUMBAI: A propylene gas tanker plunged into an 8ft-deep trench dug up for road widening near Kharpada toll plaza in Raigad and disrupted traffic on the Mumbai-Goa highway for almost eight hours early on Saturday. We send two fire tenders from our company at Nagothane.”Ulhas Thakur (61), a chemical expert and lecturer on industrial safety, said, “Propylene gas is not only combustible but also highly flammable and explosive. The tanker’s valve was damaged and the gas started leaking.”Kakade further said, “Traffic heading towards Alibaug was diverted from Palaspe phata along Khopoli bypass road and also via Khalapur. Majority of the gas was vented out under controlled conditions by the fire brigade, thus preventing disperse of the combustible gas..