ROHTAK, June 10 -- Three persons have been killed and nine shops destroyed after a massive blaze, suspected to have originated from an air-conditioner compressor explosion, engulfed a row of commercial establishments near D-Park in Rohtak on Tuesday afternoon.

The police said that three bodies have been recovered and sent for the postmortem examination. Around 20 fire tenders were pressed into service to extinguish the fire and after the fire was brought under control, an NDRF team launched a search operation late in the evening. During the operation, three bodies were recovered from the debris and were sent to the PGIMS, Rohtak, for the postmortem examination. However, there was no official confirmation about the identity of the decease...