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A seven-year-old child died after

a firecracker exploded in his mouth in Maharashtra's Buldhana

district, police said Thursday.

The incident took place at Pimpalgaon village under

the Raipur Police Station limits Tuesday evening, an official

said.

Yash Sanjay Gavate, the boy, was bursting crackers

with his friends ahead of Diwali, he said.

He picked up a `Sutli Bomb', which had not exploded,

thinking it had not been lit. As he playfully bit it, the

cracker went off causing serious injuries to the boy, the

police official said.

Yash was declared dead on arrival at the nearby

government hospital, the official added.

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