6 killed in cracker unit blast in TN's Tiruvarur

  • | Wednesday | 27th March, 2019

TRICHY: Six persons were killed and one injured in an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Mannargudi in Tiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu around 7am on Wednesday.According to police, the cracker unit was functioning from a building located in Mannargudi. Sheik Abdulla, who was also a labourer in the unit, was injured and was rushed to the hospital for treatment in Tiruvarur. All of them were believed to be the workers of the unit. The impact of the blast was so huge that the building was razed to the ground and the bodies of the victims were blown to bits.The deceased have been identified as Suresh, Arivu, Veeraiyan, Babu, Narayanan and Singaravelu. Further inquiries are on.

TRICHY: Six persons were killed and one injured in an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Mannargudi in Tiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu around 7am on Wednesday.According to police, the cracker unit was functioning from a building located in Mannargudi. The impact of the blast was so huge that the building was razed to the ground and the bodies of the victims were blown to bits.The deceased have been identified as Suresh, Arivu, Veeraiyan, Babu, Narayanan and Singaravelu. All of them were believed to be the workers of the unit. Sheik Abdulla, who was also a labourer in the unit, was injured and was rushed to the hospital for treatment in Tiruvarur. Further inquiries are on.

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