<p>The calm of the night at Pulgaon was shattered as a series of explosions shook the ground and shattered window panes. <br /><br /></p>.<p>It took some time for the people of Pulgaon and neighbouring villages to find out what exactly has happened.<br /><br />Some of them came out of their houses to find flames lighting up the skies over the Central Ordnance Depot (CAD), the largest ammunition depot of the country.<br /><br />The explosions could be heard in a 30-km radius of the CAD, reports reaching Mumbai said.<br /><br />Immediately after the series of explosion, Wardha District Collector Shailesh Nawal swung into action and evacuated people from three villages located in the vicinity of the CAD.<br /><br />“News of fire at CAD, Pulgaon is very unfortunate and disturbing. Spoke to Wardha collector and took stock of the situation,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted.<br /><br />“Window panes of several houses were shattered, the doors weakened at the hinges and some huts in villages developed cracks,” a Maharashtra the police official said.<br /><br />Eyewitnesses said that they initially thought that it was an earthquake when the first explosions were heard, but later realised that they were bomb explosions.<br /><br />“The night sky was red and yellow and appeared like a fireball,” said some of the locals. </p>
<p>The calm of the night at Pulgaon was shattered as a series of explosions shook the ground and shattered window panes. <br /><br /></p>.<p>It took some time for the people of Pulgaon and neighbouring villages to find out what exactly has happened.<br /><br />Some of them came out of their houses to find flames lighting up the skies over the Central Ordnance Depot (CAD), the largest ammunition depot of the country.<br /><br />The explosions could be heard in a 30-km radius of the CAD, reports reaching Mumbai said.<br /><br />Immediately after the series of explosion, Wardha District Collector Shailesh Nawal swung into action and evacuated people from three villages located in the vicinity of the CAD.<br /><br />“News of fire at CAD, Pulgaon is very unfortunate and disturbing. Spoke to Wardha collector and took stock of the situation,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted.<br /><br />“Window panes of several houses were shattered, the doors weakened at the hinges and some huts in villages developed cracks,” a Maharashtra the police official said.<br /><br />Eyewitnesses said that they initially thought that it was an earthquake when the first explosions were heard, but later realised that they were bomb explosions.<br /><br />“The night sky was red and yellow and appeared like a fireball,” said some of the locals. </p>
