At least eight people are dead and dozens are injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Police said the blast occurred in the region's main city Srinagar late on Friday, local time, when a team of forensic experts and police were examining the explosive material.

The huge blast ripped through the police station and set the compound and multiple vehicles on fire.

Small successive explosions prevented immediate rescue operations by the bomb disposal squad, news agency Press Trust of India has reported.

Most of the dead were police and forensic officials. Some of the injured were in critical condition, police said.

The blast came days after Monday's deadly car explosion in Delhi , which killed at least eight people n

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