The explosion occurred on June 29 morning, police stated (Representational)
Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu:
4 staff have been killed and one other individual was injured on Saturday following an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit close to in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar, police stated.
The employees have been killed on the spot and the trigger for the explosion and blaze is suspected to be mishandling the chemical substances, the uncooked supplies, that go into the making of firecrackers, a senior district police official stated.
One other one that was within the neighborhood was injured and buildings –rooms earmarked for particular duties concerned in manufacturing processes– have suffered harm, he added.
Chief Minister M Ok Stalin, expressing anguish and conveying his condolences to the kin of the victims, introduced a solatium of Rs three lakh to every of the households of the 4 useless staff.
The explosion occurred on June 29 morning at a fireworks unit primarily based at Panthuvarpatti village in Sattur taluk of Virudhunagar district. The victims have been recognized later as 45-year previous Rajkumar hailing from Achankulam village, Marisamy (40) belonging to Nadusurankudi, and Selvakumar (35) and Mohan (30) from Vembakottai.
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