Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh): Five people have died and six others who were injured are undergoing treatment after an explosion occurred at a firecracker factory in Firozabad's Naushera on Monday night, said a senior police official on Tuesday. The House has collapsed due to the explosion and several people are feared to be trapped under rubble, said police.
"In Shikohabad Police Station area, firecrackers were stored at a house and a blast occurred there. Due to the impact of the blast, the roof of a nearby house collapsed. Police took out 10 people from the debris...6 people are undergoing treatment at a hospital and 4 people have died...further rescue operation is still underway," said Deepak Kumar IG Agra Range said.
Meanwhile, Firozabad District Magistrate Ramesh Ranjan said rescue operations are underway. "Rescue team is present at the spot. District hospital and sub-district hospital, both are on high alert...team of doctors, ambulance, fire team, disaster team, all are at the spot," Firozabad District Magistrate Ramesh Ranjan said.
In this incident, many houses nearby came under the impact of the explosion. Many people got buried under the debris of the houses that fell. The victims' screams rent the air. On getting the information in a short time, apart from the local police, senior officials of the fire department and administration reached the spot.
About 10 people were pulled out of the rubble in rescue operations and were sent to the hospital. Vie people died there while the condition of 6 people remains critical. Those who died include Meera Devi (52), Gautam (16), Aman (26) and 3-year-old girl Ichchha. In the accident, the houses of Vinod, Chandrakant, Guddu, Shyam Singh, Anil, Vishnu, Rakesh, Pappu, Akhilesh, Radha Mohan, Sanjay, Surendra, Gaurav, Ram Murti, Prem Singh, Nathuram, Sonu, Dinesh, Jagdish, Rajendra, Santosh have allegedly collapsed. This firecracker warehouse was in one Chandrakant's house and it was rented.
The state government has taken cognizance of this incident and announced compensation. The government will give Rs 5 lakh compensation to the families of the deceased. The District Magistrate has also announced this. The important thing in this case is that this illegal warehouse was running here, but no one got to know about it.
