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At around 3 pm, a loud explosion was heard in Saptashrungi Building in Tarwala Nagar in Nashik’s Pachavati area.
The impact of the blast has damaged two storeys of the building and vehicles parked in the basement have been flung as far as 10 feet across the road. Other buildings in the vicinity were also damaged.
Four people have died after what the police say was a cylinder explosion on the first floor of a building in the Panchvati area in Nasik. At least seven people have also been injured in the incident.
The ground and first floor of Saptashringi apartments were gutted in the explosion and a nearby car turned over.
Several occupants of the building are feared to be trapped in the debris. The building had shops on the ground floor and residential flats on the upper floors.
Local ministers — Balasaheb Thorat, state revenue minister and Chhagan Bhujbal, state public works minister — visited the site of a loud explosion in Nashik’s Panchvati area that killed four people and left seven wounded.
While most damaged vehicles in the lot have been claimed, a white Tata Indigo (registration number: MH-15-BD-7167) remains unclaimed and the police have recovered firecrackers from the vehicle. The vehicle is damaged but not severely.
The locals reported that they heard a loud explosion and rushed out of their houses.
At around 3 pm, a loud explosion was heard in Saptashrungi Building in Tarwala Nagar in Nashik’s Pachavati area.
The impact of the blast has damaged two storeys of the building and vehicles parked in the basement have been flung as far as 10 feet across the road. Other buildings in the vicinity were also damaged.
Four people have died after what the police say was a cylinder explosion on the first floor of a building in the Panchvati area in Nasik. At least seven people have also been injured in the incident.
The ground and first floor of Saptashringi apartments were gutted in the explosion and a nearby car turned over.
Several occupants of the building are feared to be trapped in the debris. The building had shops on the ground floor and residential flats on the upper floors.
Local ministers — Balasaheb Thorat, state revenue minister and Chhagan Bhujbal, state public works minister — visited the site of a loud explosion in Nashik’s Panchvati area that killed four people and left seven wounded.
While most damaged vehicles in the lot have been claimed, a white Tata Indigo (registration number: MH-15-BD-7167) remains unclaimed and the police have recovered firecrackers from the vehicle. The vehicle is damaged but not severely.
The locals reported that they heard a loud explosion and rushed out of their houses.
