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| NEW DELHI — A powerful explosion ripped through a shop in a town in central India on Saturday, causing the collapse of nearby buildings, including a restaurant, and killing at least 89 people, police and medical officials said Saturday. | |
| The explosion occurred in a shop where explosives were kept in the town of Petlawad in the state of Madhya Pradesh, according to a police official, A. R. Khan. It was unclear what triggered the explosion. | The explosion occurred in a shop where explosives were kept in the town of Petlawad in the state of Madhya Pradesh, according to a police official, A. R. Khan. It was unclear what triggered the explosion. |
| Many of the dead had been having breakfast at the restaurant, the police said. | Many of the dead had been having breakfast at the restaurant, the police said. |
| “We are still rescuing the people from the debris,” said Seema Alawa, a police official for Jhabua District, which includes the town, on Saturday afternoon. | “We are still rescuing the people from the debris,” said Seema Alawa, a police official for Jhabua District, which includes the town, on Saturday afternoon. |
| Dr. Urmila Choyal, a medical official in the town, said at least 82 had been killed, most of them men. She said 150 people were injured, mostly with burns and multiple fractures. |