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| title = 2021 Shivamogga explosion<br />
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| date = 21 January 2021<br />
| time = 10:30 PM [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| location = [[Abbalagere]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
| deaths = 8<br />
| reported injuries = Unknown<br />
| cause = [[Explosion]] of [[Gelignite|blasting gelatin]] carried in a truck<br />
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At around 10:30 PM [[Indian Standard Time|local time]] on 21 January 2021, a truck carrying sticks of [[blasting gelatin]] exploded at a boulder-crushing facility in [[Abbalagere]] in [[Shimoga district|Shivamogga district]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. The tremors caused by the explosion were felt in Shivamogga, [[Chikmagalur district|Chickmagalur]] and [[Davanagere district|Davanagere]] districts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 January 2021|title=Karnataka: Major explosion jolts Shivamogga, 6 dead|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/shivamogga-explosion-karnataka-dead-injured-7156707/|access-date=22 January 2021|website=[[The Indian Express]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=22 January 2021|title=At least five killed in explosion near Shivamogga|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/killed-in-explosion-near-shivamogga/article33630291.ece|access-date=22 January 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Eight people were killed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 January 2021|title=8 killed in dynamite blast at railway crusher site in Karnataka’s Shivamogga: Official|editor-last=Sarkar|editor-first=Kanishka|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/8-killed-in-dynamite-blast-at-railway-crusher-site-in-karnataka-s-shivamogga-official-101611274164371.html|access-date=22 January 2021|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Eyewitnesses reported broken window panes and cracked roads. The tremors were initially mistaken for an [[earthquake]], but [[geologist]]s ruled out the possibility.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Nagarjun |last=Dwarakanath|title=Karnataka explosion Live Updates: 8 dead in Shivamogga as dynamite blast jolts town, probe ordered|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/loud-nise-shimoga-karnataka-supersonic-jet-earthquake-1761516-2021-01-21|access-date=22 January 2021|website=[[India Today]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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[[Narendra Modi]], [[Prime Minister of India]], and [[Rahul Gandhi]], the president of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]], condoled the deaths on [[Twitter]], with Modi stating he was "pained by the loss of lives" and Gandhi calling the incident "tragic". On the same day as the incident, [[B. S. Yediyurappa]], [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]] of Karnataka, ordered an investigation into the explosion.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of explosions]]<br />
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