At least 10 people died and nine others suffered serious injuries in a massive explosion that took place inside a house in Bihar's Bhagalpur on Friday. Officials said that house was being used as a factory to make illegal firecrackers.
Bhagalpur District Magistrate Subrat Kumar Sen said the blast took place inside the house of Mahendra Mandal in Kajbalichak locality of the town in the early hours.
Two other neigbouring houses were also reduced to rubble due to the impact of the blast.
Teams of bomb disposal squad and forensic experts were collecting samples to ascertain the type of material that caused the blast.
The 10 bodies recovered so far were badly disfigured and the administration was yet to confirm the identities of the deceased.
Nine survivors have been rushed to a hospital.
Officials said Mandal has been previously involved in illegal manufacture of firecrackers, and a similar explosion at his house in 2008 had killed three people, including his wife.
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