Himachal Pradesh blast: Blast near HP’s police station shattered windows

The locals of the state said that the loud blast sound that occurred in a lane near the Nalagarh police station was heard from up to 400-500 metres.

The New Year 2026 has begun with its set of news that has made the headlines. On Thursday, January 1, a powerful blast rocked a police station inNalagarh, Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district. It had an impact that many local residents of the state heard, even several hundred metres away.

A powerful blast occurred in a lane near the Nalagarh police station in Himachal Pradesh.

A PRI report cited officials saying that no casualties have been reported so far in the powerful blast that occurred in a lane near the Nalagarh police station in Himachal Pradesh. Eyewitnesses in the vicinity said the blast’s impact shattered even 16 millimetres of glass and made everything shake. Panic ran through the residents of Nalagarh following the blast near the police station.

Himachal Police barricaded the area for further investigation.

The Himachal Pradesh police swung into action after the blast and promptly barricaded the area for further investigation into the explosion. Officials said that a forensic team has arrived at the scene to collect samples for the investigation into the cause. A PTI report revealed the blast’s impact was so strong that the windows of nearby buildings were shattered. Local residents said the blastwas heard from 400 to 500 metres away.

In another such incident that happened in November 2025, an accidental explosion inside the Nowgam Police Station outside Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir left nine personnel dead and 32 others injured, causing extensive damage to the nearby building. The Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP), NalinPrabhat, stressed immediately after the blast that any speculation about the incident was unnecessary, as preliminary findings indicated an inadvertent blast during a mandated forensic procedure.