Tragic Firecracker Blast Claims Seven Lives in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu
Seven workers, including five women, were killed in a fireworks factory fire in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. Three others were injured, one critically. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
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Seven workers, including five women, were killed and three others were injured in a blaze at a fireworks-manufacturing unit in Sivakasi on Thursday, police said.
Police and fire service personnel rushed the injured to the government hospital in Sivakasi. The condition of one person among the injured is very critical, a senior police official said, and added that the cause of the fire was being ascertained.
About 10 workers were employed at the private firecracker manufacturing unit at Sengamalapatti near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district when the blast occurred in the afternoon, he said.
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