Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu: Two persons were charred to death and three injured in a fire at a cracker manufacturing unit near Virudhnagar in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, police said.
Police said the workers were making the crackers illegally at the unit in Karichery, for which licence had been cancelled by the government.
The accident reportedly occurred when they were mixing the chemicals and stuffing them in small tubes.
The sheds were destroyed and it took more than two hours for fire personnel to douse the fire and rescue the injured.
More than 5,600 cracker bundles were seized from the godowns. The bundles in the form of parcels were to be sent to other places in the country, officials said, adding, the godowns were sealed.
Police said the workers were making the crackers illegally at the unit in Karichery, for which licence had been cancelled by the government.
The accident reportedly occurred when they were mixing the chemicals and stuffing them in small tubes.
The sheds were destroyed and it took more than two hours for fire personnel to douse the fire and rescue the injured.
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More than 5,600 cracker bundles were seized from the godowns. The bundles in the form of parcels were to be sent to other places in the country, officials said, adding, the godowns were sealed.
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