Red Fort blast | ‘Saw people being blown to pieces’: eyewitnesses recount trail of horror

Shattered glass, dismembered body parts, blood stains and parts of vehicles lined the road leading to the Red Fort, where a high-intensity blast in a slow-moving car killed nine and injured 20 on Monday (November 10, 2025).

At 6:55 p.m., the Delhi Fire Services received a call alerting them about the blast that happened in a car in front of the Red Fort. According to senior officials, the blast triggered a fire in several vehicles around it.

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Speaking to The Hindu, Dharmender, an eyewitness and a resident of Greater Noida, said that he was on the opposite footpath shopping when he heard a loud sound and saw vehicles catch fire. “There was a lot of traffic, and the slow-moving vehicle in which the blast happened went up in flames, which led to several commercial taxis around it catching fire,” he said.

Mr. Dharmender said at that moment there were only two police officers stationed at the Red Fort outpost who rushed to rescue people. “We dragged out almost seven taxi drivers and saw that the vehicle where the blast happened had a Haryana number plate,” he said. While the two policemen battled thick smoke to pull out those impacted by the blast, fire department offers reached 10 minutes later. Mr. Dharmender added that while the rescue operation was on, two officers checked the vehicle.

Another eyewitness, Bhupender Singh, a resident of Noida, said that his vehicle was near the car that went off. “The traffic light had just turned green when the blast happened and I quickly left my vehicle and ran towards the market,” he said. Mr. Singh said that the intensity of the blast was so strong that people in the surroundings blew up into pieces.

Mohsin Ali, a worker in the neighbourhood who saw the blast, said that he pulled out at least three charred bodies and put them on an e-rickshaw. “E-rickshaws blew up, body parts of people scattered during the explosion and hardly anyone near the vehicle could be rescued,” said Mr. Ali. He said that parts of vehicles flew across the street and shattered the glass of a temple near the spot.

Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha said that a “slow-moving vehicle at around 6:52 p.m. stopped at the red light outside Red Fort”. “An explosion happened in that vehicle, and due to the explosion, nearby vehicles were also damaged. All agencies, FSL, NIA, are here… Some people have died, and some have been injured in the incident we will update you with the exact figures shortly. The situation is being monitored,” he said.

Mr. Golcha said the Home Minister Amit Shah has “called us, and information is being shared with him from time to time.” “We are investigating the incident…,” he said.

Till the time of going to press, several fire tenders, CATS vans and bomb squad vehicles were present at the spot.