At least 19 people were killed and several injured in a firecracker explosion in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan on Wednesday night.
The explosion took place in a house of a firecracker maker in the Deeg town.
Sources say the blast caused a major fire, which engulfed a few houses in the neighbourhood.
14 people were being treated at the hospital. The death toll could go up, as few people were feared buried under the rubble of the damaged houses.