Blast outside firecracker godown in Naya Bazar leaves one dead, five injured

At least one person was killed and five others were injured on Tuesday in a blast outside a firecracker godown in Naya Bazar, police said.

#SpotVisuals : 1 dead in an explosion in Naya Bazar; Anti terror wing and special cell at the spot; investigation underway pic.twitter.com/jxVoZ5TpR9

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Prima facie it looks like a firecracker explosion in a jute bag: Virendra Chahal,Jt CP Northern Range on explosion in Delhi's Chandni Chowk pic.twitter.com/gm294OKYDm

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 25, 2016

New Delhi: At least one person was killed and five others were injured on Tuesday in a blast outside a firecracker godown in Naya Bazar, police said.

The explosion occurred in Naya Bazar in north Delhi's Chandni chowk at around 10.40 a.m., a police officer told IANS. The victim has not been identified yet.

Window panes of the surrounding buildings were damaged due to the impact of the blast.

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