<p>The blasts took place in three areas of south Mumbai - near Kabutarkhana in Dadar (W), Zaveri Bazar and Opera House, the jewellery hubs of Mumbai.<br /><br />Sadashiv Kamble, a shop owner from Dadar, said he heard a loud explosion and first thought it was a cylinder blast, but later realised it was much more serious and ran for life.<br />Another eyewitness from Dadar said when he first heard the blast he was trying to gauge the situation and then realised it was a bomb explosion.<br /><br />"I heard a loud explosion. And then I saw people with serious injuries lying in pools of blood," he said.<br /><br />The three blasts left at least 13 people dead and over 100 injured.<br />At least six injured people were rushed to nearby hospitals from the blast site at Kabutarkhana in Dadar west in the evening peak hour when the locality was packed with people.<br /><br />In Zaveri Bazar, the blast occurred in the famous Khau Gully, which is full of people having their favourite snacks before catching local trains to go home.<br /><br />An eyewitness, Datatray Jadhav from Zaveri Bazar, said they first heard a loud explosion and rushed to find a girl grievously injured. "A girl and another man were seriously injured. We put them both in a police van and sent them to the hospital," he said.<br /><br />"Two others were also injured, however, not as serious. I helped them get into a taxi and reach a nearby medical centre," he said.<br /><br />At Opera House, near Charni Road rail station, the blast took place in a building where many diamond and gold jewellery firms are located.<br /></p>
<p>The blasts took place in three areas of south Mumbai - near Kabutarkhana in Dadar (W), Zaveri Bazar and Opera House, the jewellery hubs of Mumbai.<br /><br />Sadashiv Kamble, a shop owner from Dadar, said he heard a loud explosion and first thought it was a cylinder blast, but later realised it was much more serious and ran for life.<br />Another eyewitness from Dadar said when he first heard the blast he was trying to gauge the situation and then realised it was a bomb explosion.<br /><br />"I heard a loud explosion. And then I saw people with serious injuries lying in pools of blood," he said.<br /><br />The three blasts left at least 13 people dead and over 100 injured.<br />At least six injured people were rushed to nearby hospitals from the blast site at Kabutarkhana in Dadar west in the evening peak hour when the locality was packed with people.<br /><br />In Zaveri Bazar, the blast occurred in the famous Khau Gully, which is full of people having their favourite snacks before catching local trains to go home.<br /><br />An eyewitness, Datatray Jadhav from Zaveri Bazar, said they first heard a loud explosion and rushed to find a girl grievously injured. "A girl and another man were seriously injured. We put them both in a police van and sent them to the hospital," he said.<br /><br />"Two others were also injured, however, not as serious. I helped them get into a taxi and reach a nearby medical centre," he said.<br /><br />At Opera House, near Charni Road rail station, the blast took place in a building where many diamond and gold jewellery firms are located.<br /></p>