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Seven people, including a child, were hospitalised with burn injuries after a small cooking gas cylinder exploded inside a house here.

A blast at a factory in the Bawana area of Delhi killed two persons and injured four others on Wednesday evening, said police.

The deceased was identified as Shaik Ameer Pasha, a resident of the same village. He was working at the quarry when the blast occurred. It is alleged that Pasha died due to negligence in taking precautions during the blast.

Two labourers were killed while three other sustained injuries after a blast ripped through a newly constructed factory in Tapi district

At least one person was killed and 35 others injured in a blast in Bajaur district in Pakistan's Khyber Pankhtuwa province

Two persons died after the compressor of an air-conditioner's outdoor unit exploded at a cold storage warehouse

The blast took place in a building that housed a design school and the Catholic education system headquarters in Rue Saint-Jacques, in the fifth arrondissement of the French capital, BBC reported.

Several people were injured in a blast at a restaurant in the Heritage Street near the Golden Temple in Punjab's holy city of Amritsar.

A 30-year-old scrap dealer was killed in a blast in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Two workers died after a chemical reactor blast in Aurore Pharmaceuticals Pvt Limited first unit located in the fourth phase of the Jeedimetla Industrial Area

At least five persons have been injured in Pakistan's Quetta following a blast near the police lines area of the city

Kabul: Police in Kabul confirmed on Thursday that 21 people were killed and 33 others injured in a blast that targeted worshippers at a mosque in the Afghan capital the previous day. “The blast took place during the evening prayers inside the mosque in Police District 17, leaving 21 dead and 33 others injured at the […]

However, there is no official confirmation about the casualties in the blast that occurred in a toilet on the third floor in the old building around 12.25 p.m.

About 20 workers belonging to Pulivendula, Badvel and Kasinayana mandals were working at the quarry and a few of them were engaged in unloading of the gelatin sticks.

Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy spoke to the Kadapa district officials and enquired about the explosion.

The workers had been part of a crew tasked with destroying the explosives, which can become unstable over time and unsafe to use.

Sheikh Afroz (7) and Sheikh Ibrahim (9) were playing near their house when they hit a packet in which the crude bombs were kept, triggering the blast.

Expressing shock over the incident, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said he has ordered a thorough investigation into the case.

The condition of four people, including a minor girl and a woman, is reported to be critical as they received 70 per cent to 95 per cent burns.

Assistant Commandant Nitin Bhalerao, 33, succumbed to injuries suffered in the blast in the early hours of Sunday and nine commandos, were injured.