Sivakasi Cracker Unit Fire

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.

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.

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.

One person was killed and five others injured when a cracker manufacturing unit was gutted in fire in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district on Tuesday, police said.

Three persons were charred to death and an equal number suffered burns on Friday in a fire mishap at an illegal cottage fireworks unit, barely three weeks after a devastating blaze in a cracker unit claimed 39 lives.

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...

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.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday condoled the victims of the fire mishap at Sivakasi and announced a cash relief of Rs two lakh each to next of kin of those killed.

With two women succumbing to burn injuries in hospital, the toll in the cracker unit fire at Kalayarkurichi near here has risen to seven, officials said today.The two, one of whom hailed from Bihar, died late last night and the condition of five injured is stated to be serious, they said.Officials said the fire that swept through parts of the facto...

In a mishap, four people were reportedly killed and several injured in an accident at a firecracker godown in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.Eight officials including four policemen are battling for life with serious burn injuries.The fire broke out during a raid at an illegal cracker unit near Sivakasi.

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.

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.

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.

One person was killed and five others injured when a cracker manufacturing unit was gutted in fire in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district on Tuesday, police said.

Three persons were charred to death and an equal number suffered burns on Friday in a fire mishap at an illegal cottage fireworks unit, barely three weeks after a devastating blaze in a cracker unit claimed 39 lives.

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...

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.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday condoled the victims of the fire mishap at Sivakasi and announced a cash relief of Rs two lakh each to next of kin of those killed.

With two women succumbing to burn injuries in hospital, the toll in the cracker unit fire at Kalayarkurichi near here has risen to seven, officials said today.The two, one of whom hailed from Bihar, died late last night and the condition of five injured is stated to be serious, they said.Officials said the fire that swept through parts of the facto...

In a mishap, four people were reportedly killed and several injured in an accident at a firecracker godown in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.Eight officials including four policemen are battling for life with serious burn injuries.The fire broke out during a raid at an illegal cracker unit near Sivakasi.