LUCKNOW: Three persons were killed and three grievously injured in a massive explosion at a house in
Behta village of
Kakori area on the outskirts of the state capital on Monday morning.
The blast, at around 11 am, reduced two buildings to rubble while an adjacent under-construction house collapsed.
The explosion took place in the basement of a building where high intensity firecrackers were illegally stored. After inspecting the site, police and ATS officials said that the explosives were of high intensity but ruled out any terror angle. IG, range,
Sujeet Pandey said that the
FSL team did not find any nails or shrapnel from the site.
Explosion reduced two houses to rubble in Kakori on Monday