Sivakasi Accident

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  8 Die, 10 Injured In Fire At Sivakasi Cracker Factory

  Eight persons have died in a fire accident at Sivakasi, the huge cracker manufacturing hub in Tamil Nadu. Ten persons have been injured in the accident this afternoon.

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  Teen Designs Fire Sensor After Mother's Accident In Cracker Factory

  Jayakumar, 13, is a student. His mother works at a fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi and was injured some years ago in a fire. The incident inspired the young boy to design a low-cost sensor for fire-cracker units that sets off a fire extinguisher.

• Sivakasi fire tragedy: Cracker factory owner arrested in Madurai

  After being on the run for four days, the owner of Om Sakthi Crackers factory was finally arrested in Madurai today. On Wednesday, a major fire had broken out in the factory located in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, claiming 38 lives and injuring 60 others.

• Sivakasi fire tragedy: Human rights panel seeks report from Tamil Nadu government

  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government and sought a report on the explosion in the Sivakasi fireworks factory that killed 38 people.

• Sivakasi fire: Congress MP demands probe by sitting High Court judge

  The Virudhunagar Congress MP has demanded a probe by a sitting High Court judge into the massive fire in a cracker manufacturing unit here that claimed 38 lives. In a statement, B. Manicka Tagore wanted the State Government to form a committee of Secretaries of different departments to formulate a rural infrastructure plan for the three assembly c...

• Sivakasi fire tragedy: 12 arrested, cops hunt for the owner of the factory

  Twelve people were arrested on Thursday in connection with the tragedy at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Sivakasi that has claimed 38 lives so far. The Tamil Nadu government has ordered a magisterial probe into the mishap while state officials have indulged in a blame-game.

• Sivakasi fire accident: Sonia Gandhi expresses grief

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of 33 people in the blaze that raged through a fire-cracker factory in Mudalipetti, near Sivakasi, in Tamil Nadu.

• Fire accident at illegal cracker unit near Sivakasi

  In a mishap, four people were reportedly killed and several injured in an accident at a firecracker godown in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.Eight officials including four policemen are battling for life with serious burn injuries.The fire broke out during a raid at an illegal cracker unit near Sivakasi.