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Toll rises to 9 in firecracker blast in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi | Chennai News

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Nine workers, including five women, died and 10 others were injured in a blaze at a fireworks-manufacturing unit in Sivakasi on Thursday, police said. The accident occurred near Sengamalapatti in Sivakasi in the district. Seven rooms stocked with firecrackers were completely gutted in the fire, they said. Police and fire service personnel rushed the injured to a government hospital in Sivakasi. A senior police official said the cause of the fire was being ascertained and added that the unit was a licensed one. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish at the loss of lives in the incident. In a post on ‘X’, he said, “Anguished by the loss of lives due to a mishap at a factory in Sivakasi. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray that those who have been injured recover at the earliest.” President Droupadi Murmu too said that she was saddened to learn about the loss of lives due to the explosion. “I convey my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. I pray for speedy recovery of the injured,” …

4 Children Killed In Firecracker Explosion During Bundelkhand Gaurav Mahotsav In UP

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Bundelkhand Gaurav Mahotsav is being held in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot Chitrakoot: Four children were killed and several others were injured, in an explosion at Bundelkhand Gaurav Mahotsav in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot, police said on Thursday. According to the police, the blast occurred during the fireworks display at the festival. “Four of our children died in this. DIG from Chitrakoot, District Officer Chitrakoot, and SP, Additional SP, among other officials are on the spot, our forensic team, a team of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) are also arriving,” Bhanu Bhaskar, Additional Director General (ADG), Prayagraj Zone told reporters at Chitrakoot. The senior officer said that an FIR has been registered against three people in connection with the incident, and more people are likely to be named in the FIR and that an investigation has begun into the incident. “FIR has been filed now against about three people and more people will included in it. The investigation is going on,” Additional Director General of Police Bhaskar said. “We have given the entire investigation to a new investigator, Harsh …

Kerala Firecracker Blast: 4 Arrested, Remanded; More Arrests to Follow, Say Police

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Last Updated: February 13, 2024, 13:03 IST More than 25 houses and some shops in the vicinity were severely damaged in the incident (Representative Image: AFP) The mishap happened when crackers were brought to be stored in the warehouse for an ongoing festival at a local temple Four persons were arrested and remanded to judicial custody and more arrests are expected in the coming days in connection with the massive blast that claimed two lives and injured around 15, at an illegal firecrackers warehouse operating from a residential area at Tripunithura near here a day ago, police said on Tuesday. Sajeesh Kumar, Rajesh and Sathyan, who are the president, secretary and treasurer of the Puthiyakavu Devi Temple, respectively, and Adarsh, the firecracker contractor, were arrested and remanded to custody on Monday evening, police said. An officer of Hill Palace police station said that an investigation into the incident has revealed the involvement of several other officials of the temple and therefore, more arrests are expected soon. While one person succumbed to burn injuries soon after …