Delhi Car Blast: 10 Dead, High Alert Declared!! Know All Details
A big car blast occurred near Lal Quila Metro Station in New Delhi on the evening of 10th November 2025. Talking to the media, Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha said that at around 6.52 PM, a slow-moving vehicle stopped at the red light, and an explosion happened in that vehicle.
Due to the explosion, nearby vehicles were also damaged. The Police Commissioner informed that some people have died, and some have been injured in the incident. The Delhi Fire Service said that they received a call about the incident at around 6:55 PM. It said that seven fire tenders were dispatched to the scene to control the blaze. One or two nearby cars also caught fire as a result of the explosion.
Talking to the media, Deputy Chief Fire Officer AK Malik said that they got the information about the blast in a car near Chandni Chowk Metro Station, and seven units were sent to the spot. He added that at 7:29 PM, the fire was brought under control.
News agency ANI said that multiple casualties have been brought to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital after the explosion. Several injured were also rushed to the Hospital.
Home Minister Amit Shah said that National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) are probing all possible angles related to the incident, which has triggered a high alert in the national capital and several other cities, including Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad.
Officials said that the explosion, which sparked fires in several vehicles nearby, took place when the car slowed and came to a stop at a red traffic light near Gate 1 of the Red Fort metro station. The cause of the blast is not yet known.
While the exact cause of the explosion is still under investigation, the incident comes just hours after police dismantled an interstate terror module linked to banned outfits and seized over 2,900 kilograms of suspected ammonium nitrate – a key ingredient used in making explosives. Officials had said the module was planning to unleash large-scale terror in Delhi using hundreds of powerful IEDs made from the seized material.
