87 die in explosions in India
NEW DELHI At least 87 people were killed after explosions ripped through a packed restaurant in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, police said.
Another 100 were injured as the two-story building housing the restaurant in the town of Petlawad collapsed after the blasts.
Police said that,after a cooking gas cylinder burst at the restaurant, gelatine sticks used for mining stored in a house next to the restaurant also blew up.
“After the initial explosion, many people came to see what had happened. Witnesses said the subsequent blast claimed more lives,” police Inspector ML Gond said.
Police said the rescue teams had completed the search for survivors trapped in the debris and that the injured, several of whom were in serious condition, had been moved to nearby hospitals.
Petlawad, in the mining district of Jhabua, is about 185 miles from the state capital, Bhopal.
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