India, Nov. 11 -- 'Cylinder fat gaya hai,' yelled a factory worker as an explosion in a slow-moving vehicle near Red Fort killed eight people and left 20 others injured in Delhi on Monday. Investigators said that the white Hyundai i20, which exploded near the historic Red Fort, had been parked for almost two hours before the blast. The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.

As the explosion rocked the city, bystanders had little time to think. Some of those severely injured drove themselves to nearby hospitals. (Follow live updates related to the blast here).

Forty-year-old Avdhesh Mandal, an autorickshaw driver, was one such man who waited for no help. With a piece of metal lodged in his abdomen and his shirt covered in b...