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Graphic content. Viewer discretion advised. At least 82 people were killed and 35 others injured when explosives kept inside a building went off at Petlwad town in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. The explosion was caused by a cooking gas cylinder kept in the adjacent three-storeyed building housing a hotel. Both the buildings were extensively damaged in the high-impact explosion compounding the tragedy. According to Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), Petlawad, A R Khan, the explosion took place around 8.30 AM at Petlawad town, at a store in the building where huge piles of explosive material used for mines were kept. So far, bodies of 82 people have been recovered from the debris of both the buildings, Jhabua District Magistrate Aruna Gupta told PTI. Also, 35 people have been pull