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A Day After Twin Tamil Nadu Firecracker Unit Blasts, Expert Lists Reasons
Fire safety experts have said that untrained workers are largely responsible for the spate of disasters. Using banned chemicals is another prominent reason for the blasts.
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$800 Million Firecracker Industry In Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi Hit By Anti-Pollution Drive
With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu is usually at full tilt before Diwali. But due to efforts to curb air pollution, the pyrotechnics epicentre is fizzling out.
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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.
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One arrested in connection with explosion cracker factory in Sivakasi
The foreman of a fireworks factory was arrested today in connection with fire and explosion there police said today.
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Major explosion at cracker factory near Sivakasi
A major explosion ripped through the chemical storage facility of a cracker factory near Sivakasi in the Virudhunagar district in southern Tamil Nadu today.
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Toll rises to eight in Tamil Nadu firecracker factory explosion
With one more person succumbing to injuries at the government hospital in Sivakasi on Thursday, the toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit has gone up to eight, police said.
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Death toll in Tamil Nadu cracker factory explosion rises to six
One more person succumbed to injuries at Madurai Rajaji government hospital today putting the death toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi up to six, police said today.
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Toll goes up to five in Sivakasi firecracker factory explosion
With two more persons succumbing to their injuries in the hospital, the toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi has gone up to five even as three persons were arrested in the case, police said on Monday.
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Three killed in explosion at firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu
Three people have died in an explosion in a cracker factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu. Five more have been injured. The victims were workers of the unit at Narayanapuram village, four kms away from Sivakasi, the country's fireworks hub.
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A Day After Twin Tamil Nadu Firecracker Unit Blasts, Expert Lists Reasons
Fire safety experts have said that untrained workers are largely responsible for the spate of disasters. Using banned chemicals is another prominent reason for the blasts.
-
$800 Million Firecracker Industry In Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi Hit By Anti-Pollution Drive
With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu is usually at full tilt before Diwali. But due to efforts to curb air pollution, the pyrotechnics epicentre is fizzling out.
-
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.
-
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.
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One arrested in connection with explosion cracker factory in Sivakasi
The foreman of a fireworks factory was arrested today in connection with fire and explosion there police said today.
-
Major explosion at cracker factory near Sivakasi
A major explosion ripped through the chemical storage facility of a cracker factory near Sivakasi in the Virudhunagar district in southern Tamil Nadu today.
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Toll rises to eight in Tamil Nadu firecracker factory explosion
With one more person succumbing to injuries at the government hospital in Sivakasi on Thursday, the toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit has gone up to eight, police said.
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Death toll in Tamil Nadu cracker factory explosion rises to six
One more person succumbed to injuries at Madurai Rajaji government hospital today putting the death toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi up to six, police said today.
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Toll goes up to five in Sivakasi firecracker factory explosion
With two more persons succumbing to their injuries in the hospital, the toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi has gone up to five even as three persons were arrested in the case, police said on Monday.
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Three killed in explosion at firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu
Three people have died in an explosion in a cracker factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu. Five more have been injured. The victims were workers of the unit at Narayanapuram village, four kms away from Sivakasi, the country's fireworks hub.
