Around 6.50 pm, I had just come out of the Gauri Shankar temple in Chandni Chown and crossed the road towards the Red Fort. Then I heard a huge explosion. It was like a ball of fire rising upwards. It was nothing like I had ever seen or heard before.
A car had exploded and it had consumed several other cars around it. For a moment, I did not know what to do. I shot a short video but realised that anything could happen next. The vehicle next to me could explode too. So I ran away as far as I could.
I saw about 30 to 35 people being thrown off their feet because of the explosion. They lay scattered all around the exploded car. Human parts had splattered and a human head fell in front of me.
The police arrived about ten minutes later at 7 pm. At 7.15 pm, the ambulances showed up. But by then, a lot of local people helped the injured by putting them into e-rickshaws and rushing to local hospitals.
I’m 27 years old and I live in Loni in Ghaziabad. I work at an insurance firm in Daryaganj and I had stopped at the temple after work to pray.
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