Kerala Firecracker Blast

One person died and 16 others including women and children sustained injuries in a massive blast at an illegal firecracker warehouse operated from a residential area at Tripunithura near here on Monday, police said.

Five persons were injured, two of them seriously, when some firecrackers kept at a temporary shed near Vellayani Devi temple accidentally caught fire and exploded, police said.

One person died and 16 others including women and children sustained injuries in a massive blast at an illegal firecracker warehouse operated from a residential area at Tripunithura near here on Monday, police said.

Five persons were injured, two of them seriously, when some firecrackers kept at a temporary shed near Vellayani Devi temple accidentally caught fire and exploded, police said.