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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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Sivakasi fire tragedy: Cracker factory owner arrested in Madurai
After being on the run for four days, the owner of Om Sakthi Crackers factory was finally arrested in Madurai today. On Wednesday, a major fire had broken out in the factory located in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, claiming 38 lives and injuring 60 others.
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Sivakasi fire tragedy: Human rights panel seeks report from Tamil Nadu government
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.
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Sivakasi fire: Congress MP demands probe by sitting High Court judge
The Virudhunagar Congress MP has demanded a probe by a sitting High Court judge into the massive fire in a cracker manufacturing unit here that claimed 38 lives. In a statement, B. Manicka Tagore wanted the State Government to form a committee of Secretaries of different departments to formulate a rural infrastructure plan for the three assembly c...
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Sivakasi fire tragedy: 38 dead, 12 arrested, factory owner remains absconding
Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the massive fire that broke out at a fire-cracker factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu yesterday. 38 people have been killed and at least 60 others have been injured in the fire.
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Sivakasi fire: Jayalalithaa orders magisterial probe
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today ordered a magisterial probe into the devastating fire at a cracker manufacturing unit in Sivakasi, which claimed more than 30 lives and injured several others.
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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.
-
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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Sivakasi fire tragedy: Cracker factory owner arrested in Madurai
After being on the run for four days, the owner of Om Sakthi Crackers factory was finally arrested in Madurai today. On Wednesday, a major fire had broken out in the factory located in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, claiming 38 lives and injuring 60 others.
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Sivakasi fire tragedy: Human rights panel seeks report from Tamil Nadu government
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.
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Sivakasi fire: Congress MP demands probe by sitting High Court judge
The Virudhunagar Congress MP has demanded a probe by a sitting High Court judge into the massive fire in a cracker manufacturing unit here that claimed 38 lives. In a statement, B. Manicka Tagore wanted the State Government to form a committee of Secretaries of different departments to formulate a rural infrastructure plan for the three assembly c...
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Sivakasi fire tragedy: 38 dead, 12 arrested, factory owner remains absconding
Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the massive fire that broke out at a fire-cracker factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu yesterday. 38 people have been killed and at least 60 others have been injured in the fire.
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Sivakasi fire: Jayalalithaa orders magisterial probe
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today ordered a magisterial probe into the devastating fire at a cracker manufacturing unit in Sivakasi, which claimed more than 30 lives and injured several others.
