Summary:
Kolkata: An explosion took place at an illegal cracker manufacturing factory at Charabad village at Bhagabanpur in East Midnapore late on Monday night. Local residents told police that the firecrackers' factory was running illegally flouting the norms issued by the state Power department. A fire broke out following the explosion and the factory was completely damaged. Local residents heard the sound of the explosion late on Monday night and found that the factory was engulfed in flames. The preliminary investigations also suggest that the factory did not have any fire fighting mechanism in place..