Madurai:Five workers were killed while several others suffered serious injuries in an explosion at a firecracker factory near Usilambatti in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district on Thursday, police said.
The incident took place around 1:30 pm, with two sheds of the factory learnt to have sustained damages due to the blast. The deceased have been identified as Raghupathi, Vallarasu, Vicky, Ammasi and Gopi. As many as 11 people were taken to the government hospital in critical condition.
Tamil Nadu: Five killed in firecracker factory blast in Madurai The rescue operation was carried out with a JCB vehicle to identify if anyone got trapped in the building. Minister P Moorthy, former minister RB Udayakumar, and District Collector Anish Shekhar went to the spot and condoled the relatives of the deceased.
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Expressing grief, Chief Minister M K Stalin announced a solatium of Rs 5 lakh from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund to each of the families of the deceased. The Chief Minister deputed Minister for Commercial Taxes, P Moorthy to speed up rescue and relief work and ordered the best treatment facilities for the injured workers at the Madurai Government Rajaji Medical College Hospital, the government said. (With Agency Inputs)
