President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in the devastating fire in a cracker factory at Harda in Madhya Pradesh.
The injured have been taken to hospitals and efforts were on to control the fire, officials said. Ambulances and fire engines from Indore and Bhopal were rushed to the site of the explosion to tackle the blaze.
At least eight people were killed and 87 others were injured after a fire broke out inside a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh's Harda, triggering several explosions, on Tuesday morning.