Area police chief Rohit Mahajan says a huge explosion brought down two neighboring homes, leading to the high death toll.
Deeg is about 120 miles northwest of Jaipur, the capital of India's Rajasthan state.
10 children killed in firework explosion
JAIPUR, India (AP) - October 22, 2008 The blast early Thursday happened in a workshop set up in a home
in a slum in the town of Deeg.
