Residents of Delhi's Rohini area woke up to the sound of a loud blast on Sunday morning. Its vibrations were felt in faraway houses, hundreds of metres away, they said. Locals said there was a "chemical-like" smell at the site and thick white smoke everywhere as panic gripped the Prashant Vihar area after the blast happened near a CRPF school.

A loud explosion startled Rohini residents Sunday morning near a CRPF school in Paschim Vihar. Houses shook, white smoke filled the air, and nearby structures suffered damage. Authorities suspect a crude bomb;

The Delhi police said on Sunday that they found a foul smell at the blast site outside CRPF School in the national capital. The blast destroyed the school's wall and shattered window panes on its premises.