A 10-year-old boy died when a firecracker he was bursting exploded outside his house in northwest Delhi’s Narela area, police said on Monday (November 9, 2026).

The incident took place around 9.45 p.m. amid Deepavali festivities on Sunday (November 8, 2026), when he was bursting a hand-held ‘anar‘ (flower-pot firecracker) in front of his house.

The firecracker explosion caused injuries to his chest, following which he died on the spot, police said.

Police received information from the hospital around 10.50 p.m. that the child had been brought dead with burn injuries sustained in a firecracker incident.

The body has been sent for post-mortem, they said.