Sivakasi Explosion

At least two people were killed in an explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing factory in Tamil Nadu this morning, officials said.

The foreman of a fireworks factory was arrested today in connection with fire and explosion there police said today.

A major explosion ripped through the chemical storage facility of a cracker factory near Sivakasi in the Virudhunagar district in southern Tamil Nadu today.

Three persons were killed and 13 seriously injured in a blaze that swept through a private fireworks factory after an accidental explosion at Singampatti today.

Two persons were killed and six others were injured in an explosion at a private fireworks factory at Singampatti near Sivakasi today.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Three workers were killed in an explosion in a fireworks factory at Konampatti in Tamil Nadu, police said.

In the second fireworks unit mishap this month in Tamil Nadu, three men were killed in a blast in their factory at a remote village in Virudhunagar district, police said today.

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.

At least two people were killed in an explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing factory in Tamil Nadu this morning, officials said.

The foreman of a fireworks factory was arrested today in connection with fire and explosion there police said today.

A major explosion ripped through the chemical storage facility of a cracker factory near Sivakasi in the Virudhunagar district in southern Tamil Nadu today.

Three persons were killed and 13 seriously injured in a blaze that swept through a private fireworks factory after an accidental explosion at Singampatti today.

Two persons were killed and six others were injured in an explosion at a private fireworks factory at Singampatti near Sivakasi today.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Three workers were killed in an explosion in a fireworks factory at Konampatti in Tamil Nadu, police said.

In the second fireworks unit mishap this month in Tamil Nadu, three men were killed in a blast in their factory at a remote village in Virudhunagar district, police said today.

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.