There was a sudden explosion in the firecrackers kept in Balaini police station of Baghpat. After this, the police station started burning due to fire. There was chaos in the police station due to the fire and the policemen ran away to save their lives. Due to the blast, the roof and walls of a room and mess collapsed.
The crackers confiscated by Balaini police were kept in a room of the police station. Late at night around 2 o’clock, the crackers blasted with a loud sound. The sound of the blast was so loud that the policemen present in the police station and the policemen resting in the residences built in the police station premises could not understand anything and ran out of their rooms. Due to the blast, a fire broke out in the room and the roof and walls of the room and the mess built next to it for cooking food collapsed.
Due to the sudden blast, the villagers living near the police station also rushed towards the police station and after hours of hard work the fire could be controlled. There is no information of any casualty in the incident. The cause of the blast in the firecrackers is being told to be a short circuit.