KARACHI: Late Tuesday’s explosion near Khairabad Chungi in Karachi area of Orangi Town turned into a mystery that stands hitherto unraveled, SAMAA reported.

Though the massive blast thunder was heard far and wide in several areas of Karachi around 2230 hours late Tuesday, no confirmed report was received about nature and magnitude of the explosion.

The blast was so intense that windowpanes of buildings, houses and shops rattled in some areas and were shattered to pieces in yet others, according to eyewitnesses.

The eyewitnesses said the explosion boom was heard in Nazimabad, North Karachi, Orangi Town, Lyari, Banaras and Manghopir.

Some eyewitnesses also said the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Police and Rescue personnel kept locating the blast site but to no avail. Later talking to media, some police officials termed the boom as breaking of sound barrier.

According to some initial media reports, a fighter jet crashed that caused a great explosion sound. But, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) denied the reports saying that no plane crashed on Tuesday. –SAMAA