The New York Times
MUMBAI, India — A little after midnight Tuesday, a loud explosion woke Dharmendra Kumar Jaiswal, the manager of a public toilet across the street from Mumbai’s navy yard.
“When I woke up and came out, I saw that the sky was lit up bright red with a huge fire that seemed to be coming from the navy area,” said Mr. Jaiswal. “I thought that since this is a defense area, it might be something to do with that. Then suddenly there were a lot of sirens and many cars were going into the dockyard, and I thought perhaps everything is not all right.”
Not far away, the deputy chief fire officer of Mumbai, P.S. Rahangdale, was on his way home from meeting some friends at Radio Club on his night off duty when he heard a loud blast and saw a fireball on the horizon. “At the time, I could not tell the exact location of the fire, but it seemed to be coming from the behind the Gateway of India in the navy area,” said Mr. Ranhangdale, who was the first person to spot the fire and alert the authorities.
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