<p>Jammu: Three people were injured in an explosion in an open field in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said.</p>.<p>It is suspected that a rusted mortar shell exploded due to a fire.</p>.<p>The explosion occurred when some farmers were burning crop residue in the field in Khara Madhana village around 8.15 pm, the officials said.</p>.Fire engulfs forest belt in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri.<p>They said three people sustained splinter injuries in the blast and were shifted to a hospital.</p>.<p>Police and forensic experts immediately rushed to the scene and preliminary investigation suggests that a rusted mortar shell might have exploded due to the fire, they added.</p>.<p>In the past, mortar shells have been recovered from fields.</p>
<p>Jammu: Three people were injured in an explosion in an open field in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said.</p>.<p>It is suspected that a rusted mortar shell exploded due to a fire.</p>.<p>The explosion occurred when some farmers were burning crop residue in the field in Khara Madhana village around 8.15 pm, the officials said.</p>.Fire engulfs forest belt in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri.<p>They said three people sustained splinter injuries in the blast and were shifted to a hospital.</p>.<p>Police and forensic experts immediately rushed to the scene and preliminary investigation suggests that a rusted mortar shell might have exploded due to the fire, they added.</p>.<p>In the past, mortar shells have been recovered from fields.</p>