SRINAGAR:

An explosion ripped through a police station in Srinagar in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir late on Friday, a local police official said.

A fire engulfed the Nowgam police station compound and fire tenders have been rushed to the spot, the official said, adding that casualties were feared.

Indian media also reported a blast at the police station, with visuals of a raging fire.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. It comes four days after a deadly car explosion in Delhi, India's

capital, that the government said was a terror incident.

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