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MADURAI: A worker died in a blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit at Kanniseri in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday.The accident occurred at Sathyaprabhu Fireworks around 11.30am.The deceased has been identified as S Sekar, 48 of Kalpothu village.Other workers escaped without any injury.Fire and rescue personnel from Virudhunagar rushed to the spot and carried out rescue operations.Revenue officials said they were investigating if the factory owner had obtained a special permission to work on Sunday since it was a holiday for workers.The Vachakarapatti police registered a case..