ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION).<br/> <br />STORY: At least five people were injured when a massive fire broke out in a firecracker market, gutting more than 150 shops in India's northern city of Faridabad on Tuesday (October 21).<br/> <br />At least 10 vehicles were burnt in the inferno on the eve of the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, eyewitnesses said. The cause of the fire is not yet known.<br/> <br />Loud explosions were heard for about 15 minutes on the ground, where the annual firecracker market is organized.<br/> <br />Illegal firecracker factories are operating in various parts of India.<br/> <br />Earlier this month, 15 people died and seven others were severely injured after an explosion in an illegal firecracker factory in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
