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Eyewitnesses have come forward to share harrowing accounts of the deadly explosion that rocked Delhi near the Red Fort Metro Station on Monday evening. At least eight people have been killed and several others injured after a powerful blast reportedly took place in a car parked outside the Lal Quila (Red Fort) Metro Station around 6:30 PM. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.  Witnesses described scenes of panic and confusion as a loud explosion shattered the evening calm, followed by thick smoke and flames engulfing nearby vehicles. Many reported seeing people running for cover, while others rushed to help those injured on the ground. “It was like a bomb went off — cars caught fire instantly,” said one eyewitness, recalling the terrifying moments after the blast.  Firefighters and police quickly reached the scene, deploying seven fire tenders to control the blaze. The area was cordoned off as emergency teams worked to rescue victims and prevent further damage. The Delhi Police Special Cell and forensic experts are now examining the site to determine what triggered the explosion.  #DelhiBlast #RedFort #BreakingNews #Explosion #Delhi #IndiaNews #LalQuila #RedFortBlast #HighAlert #DelhiPolice #Eyewitness #FireAccident #MetroStation #ForensicInvestigation #DevelopingStory

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00:00so i have me and i witness who was present at the moment when the explosion took place

00:05first tell me what is your name my name is mozin ali mozin ali mazam where were you when the

00:12explosion took place ma'am i was present there i have come to collect my stuff there was a very

00:18strong blast in the vehicle here their stampede machine started and i mean there was so much

00:23public here there was a lot of public many people kept falling and when the place became engulfed

00:29in smoke there were some policemen present here they were helping people rescuing people we also

00:35provided some assistance to them i made some clips etc but when we saw that people were in very serious

00:41condition we picked them up and put them in our e rickshaw for photos etc then for the hostel then

00:46the administration took the command luggage then we left from here what were you doing here at that

00:51time i had come here at that time to buy shoes etc some household items and although we know that this

00:58area of red fort gets very crowded was there the same kind of crowd at that time ma'am there was

01:05the same kind of crowd here and there is always a crowd here friend come and see any day there is a

01:10crowd and this was the timing of the blast there is a very heavy crowd at this time a lot because

01:16people come for shopping etc some come in the afternoon so people are not going to leave at that

01:21time some people were present inside but the crowd here was also very large people take photos etc

01:26in front of the red fort the crowd is very large correct what did you see when that explosion

01:31happened were you near that car it was completely damaged in the blast yes i saw it i was not present

01:39near the car but i was standing right in front at that time i saw the car on fire in a very bad

01:44condition i saw the car catching fire completely all the vehicles around it whether they were rickshaws

01:52or auto rickshaws were all in very bad shape i said you were helping an injured person

02:00you saw injured people here some people lying injured i made a girl sit in a rickshaw i sent a

02:07brother with her there was another person who was being taken away like this his condition was very

02:12serious but some policemen were present here how many other people were there with you ma'am there were a

02:19lot of people all of them were different but there were some policemen with me and one more brother

02:24we were getting help etc with them then we left from here the fire was burning till then yes the fire

02:30was burning till the car was burning then another car started catching fire then how did we leave from

02:35here yes after the explosion yes no there was no explosion only the car was on fire

02:41only the car caught fire please take me home with us who is the eyewitness and also rescued the people

02:48who were there at the point when the explosion took place this is charul express

02:56what happened to me there was a blast

03:00about 150 meters away from there 100 to 150 meters away i was in the courtyard of the jane temple at the time

03:06of the blast it was around 7 pm yes suddenly there was a very loud noise and along with the sound there

03:14was a tremendous vibration like an earthquake okay so i was all confused wondering what happened first i

03:21heard that a cylinder had blown up because there are a lot of small food stalls in the market so it was

03:28expected that some cylinder had blown up but when we found out that the cylinder hadn't blown up but there

03:33was a blast further ahead we ran there we looked

03:42inside the jane temple and saw that there were parts of a couple of cars and some body parts

03:46hmm so as we went closer we realized it wasn't a cylinder blast it was a bomb blast somewhere

03:53yes after that when we got there we couldn't understand much there was a blast in a car several

03:59cars it looked like a main car or something like that because it was visible from a distance

04:03was it in econ the one that was most damaged was a minibus type bus the most visible damage was seen

04:09in it there were a couple of battery rickshaws there was a tiga that was half burnt there was

04:12a wagon our car that was completely blown up some people are saying that the bus exploded some are

04:17saying that the wagon our car exploded okay it's not clear which one exploded and those of you who were

04:23lying there were injured some were injured some people like me couldn't get that close i saw pieces of

04:28flesh falling in the courtyard of the jane temple 100 meters away okay pieces of flesh had reached

04:34the courtyard of the jane temple as well they reached that far i mean they reached that far and the jane

04:38temple suffered a lot of damage the glass that was there went quite far the glass of the jane temple

04:43was also broken please tell me how far is it from the jane temple it is approximately 152 100 meters if

04:50you look at it that way it is right in front of your eyes yes it is visible from there but if you measure

04:55the distance it is approximately 100 meters today some event is also happening here sir is there a

05:00small sewing function of the temple here is it allowed to jane families or people from the jane

05:04community or anyone can do it is there anyone right now i mean those whose janes are running it okay

05:09thank you what name did you tell me sir mike agarwal what do you do sir how many people do you do in my

05:16business sir we did not go further there so we immediately stood here at a distance here we looked

05:22first of all we saw the lung it was lying there we thought it might be a case then we told the

05:27sow here that sir this flesh is lying here after that we thought it might be a case

05:33but after that we looked at the hand and we were so shocked that we cannot explain it

05:39sir can you do this

05:43my name is when the sound came when the explosion happened i was sitting in the shop my shop is

05:50behind it right here i was sitting on a chair suddenly there was such a loud explosion that i

05:56had never heard my own voice before in my life i fell three times from the shock of the explosion

06:01got up fell again the earth was about to split the explosion was so powerful so i left the shop and ran

06:09many people ran with me falling one on top of the other at that time we were struggling so much that

06:15we were about to die it felt like we had no chance of survival we were staring death in the face this

06:20was the scene so i ran to the market there i got a cold drink two men controlled me well

06:31they explained to me that they would have to leave me then i took the keys from the shop here

06:37this was the key shop i'm closing the keys out and going home

06:41my name is rajdhar pandi what happened sir can you tell me anything no not to me i saw this

06:47i saw the flames from my terrace that's when i came down to see what was going on and i don't know if

06:56you heard any kind of noise a very loud noise came the window of the building shook

07:03how far is your house it's used near this gurubwara

07:07in such a situation there is a huge angle as to what caused the blast what is its cause what does

07:18it do

07:30were you a victim however now the police have taken control of the entire area

07:49they have cordoned it off the crowd has been removed from here and the incident is being investigated

07:55the flames of the fire the explosion have been put out for now but the situation there is still ongoing

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