The explosion occurred on a container ship on Saturday morning and at least 25 workers were taken to hospital, Xinhua news agency reported. Local people were evacuated as some of the containers on fire were with hazardous chemicals.
The waitress was trying to fetch a lighter from the soup using ladles, which resulted in a terrifying explosion of the hot boiling soup.
A mosque, located at Kachurtal near the inter-state boundary with Mizoram, was partially damaged in the explosion which occurred at 2 am.
The hospital spokesman said the exact cause of the explosion will be revealed after deeper research into the incident.
According to unconfirmed reports, it is believed to be a grenade blast which took place outside a mall in central Guwahati.
The incident happened at Padamtand Barmasia under the jurisdiction of Gandey police station when a man was off-loading explosives from a two-wheeler, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Giridih, Jeet Vahan Ram, said.
"The explosive was hidden in the bushes and it exploded when they touched it," the SSP said.
13 people were killed in an explosion at a shop which caused three houses to collapse in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi city on Saturday afternoon, officials said.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police officials said that explosion took place at 02:30 pm inside the classroom at private school - Falah-e-Millat.
Governor of Hidalgo state Omar Fayad said that the explosion took place in Tlahuelilpan, about 105 kilometres north of the Mexico city.
France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters at the scene "unfortunately the human toll is particularly serious."
The explosion occurred in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido.
The accident occurred at around 11:40 pm on Friday in a warehouse of Jiangcheng Machinery Company in Sanhe Township, Dongfeng County, leaving two people dead, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Police said the blast took place at a hardware store belonging to one Kamal Agarwala. “While Agarwala was seriously injured in the blast, a customer who was present in the store, died on the spot.”
Following the incident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered the district magistrates and Superintendents of Police to inspect firecracker factories, transportation of firecrackers and their sale.
Intensity of the blast was so strong that people sitting in an adjacent cycle shop and some passers-by were injured in the incident.
Smoke was seen coming out from the place.
Multiple explosions ripped through polling centres in Kabul on Saturday as voters cast their ballots in long-delayed legislative elections.
An explosion has been reported from Tosa Maidan in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district. According to latest updates, at least three people have been injured.
According to latest reports, all the 11 pilgrims on board are safe.
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