In addition to shattering windows and knocking down doors in houses, the blast triggered a fire that required the police and defense teams engage in extinguishing it it and providing first aid to the injured, media outlets indicated.

Lieutenant Colonel Alaa Omran, commander of the Homs police, asked the population not to approach military sites for their own safety, and went on to identify a civilian who manipulated the projectile as the culprit for the incident.

Civil Defense has so far documented the deaths of 20 civilians, including eight children, and injuries to another 22, including 12 minors, due to the explosion of mines and bombs left over from the war in Syria, between November 27 and December 19.

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