"There were around 100 litres of kerosene inside the drum at that time. More than 50 people from nine villages had queued up at Bargi's fair price shop to collect kerosene and other food items. Even in late afternoon, it was unbearably hot and there people squeezed into the shop to get out of the sun. Witnesses say no one inside the shop survived. First responders reported bodies burnt to a cinder, some hurled outside the shop.
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