Hangu District Police Officer Nisar Ahmed confirmed the casualties and injuries. He said that the first blast took place at the entrance of the police station after which a number of people gathered at the site of the incident.
District Health Officer (DHO) Abdul Rasheed Shahi has confirmed the casualties. City Station House Officer (SHO) Mohammad Javed Lehri said a police official was among the people who have been killed in the blast.
According to the Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Rahul Kumar, "The fire incident was reported at 3:30 am today in the South Side Industrial Area of Civil Lines of Ghantaghar Kotwali, Ghaziabad."
The military disclosed, "The city of Timbuktu has come under terrorist shellfire this afternoon," while providing a "provisional toll" of two fatalities and five casualties.
"Renovation work is going on in this hotel located on Camel Back Road, due to which the hotel is empty and there has been no loss of life. Fire brigades are trying to control the fire," SHO Bisht told ANI.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Municipal Fire Brigade (MFB), the incident occurred at 12.14 am today and no casualties were reported.
A VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating flight from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai was involved in runway excursion (veer off) while landing on runway 27 at Mumbai airport, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Thursday.