
At least 18 people were killed and five injured after an explosion tore through a firecracker storage facility in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Monday.
The incident took place in an industrial area in the Banaskantha district. “As many as 18 persons died in the incident and five were injured after the slab of the building collapsed following a massive blast,” superintendent of police Akshayraj Makwana was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.