Lucknow, Oct. 10 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday expressed grief after five people died in Ayodhya following an explosion in a house on Thursday evening.

CM Yogi termed the incident "heartbreaking" and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured in the accident. He also offered his condolences to the victims of the incident.

"The loss of lives in the unfortunate accident in Ayodhya is extremely heartbreaking. My condolences are with the bereaved families. I pray to Lord Shri Ram that he grants eternal peace to the departed souls, strength to the grieving families to bear this immense sorrow, and a speedy recovery to the injured," CM Yogi wrote on 'X'.

Earlier on Thursday, an explosion that caused a house to ...