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Fires at cracker units kill 10 in Kerala, TN
Ten persons were killed in two separate fires at cracker factories at Athani in Thrissur district of Kerala and Madurai district of Tamil Nadu.
Six persons, including a migrant worker from Bihar, were killed in a huge blast and the accompanying fire at a pyrotechnics work unit at Anapperuvazhi near Athani in Kerala’s Thrissur district at noon Wednesday. Six others were admitted to hospital with serious burn injuries and the condition of two of them was stated to be critical.
P Vijayan, Commissioner of Police, Thrissur said the cause of the blast was yet to be ascertained. The police and local residents said the intensity of the blast and fire was very high because the fireworks unit owner could have stocked a huge quantity of explosives in the context of the upcoming temple festival season in the district.
Four of those killed in the blast and fire were identified as unit owner Jophy Devassy, contractor Vasu Pillai of Kunnamkulam, Thrissur and workers Sajeesh of Vennur and Bihar native Babloo. The bodies of the other two persons killed were so mutilated that the police could only guess their identity as workers Anil and Radhakrishnan.
Among those who had been admitted to the Medical College Hospital, Thrissur was Devassy, father of unit owner Jophy. Devassy and Josphy were said to be two of the best pyrotechnic experts in the area and had been regular contractors for the firework shows of the Paramekkavu temple for the famous Thrissur Pooram festival.
The blast at the fireworks unit situated atop a hill near Athani had occurred at about 12.30 pm Wednesday and the accompanying fire raged for about an hour. The inaccessibility of the unit in the absence of motorable roads to it had made rescue works and the efforts to douse the fire difficult.
The authorities have launched an inquiry into the incident. Police officials in Thrissur said they would launch raids on all pyrotechnic units in the district as the season of annual temple festivals, of which fireworks shows were an unavoidable part, was about to start.
Meanwhile, in Madurai, four persons were killed and two others injured when fire broke out at a fire cracker unit at V Sockalingam Patti in the district, according to PTI. Police said electrical short circuit could have caused the incident.
Ten persons were killed in two separate fires at cracker factories at Athani in Thrissur district of Kerala and Madurai district of Tamil Nadu.
Six persons, including a migrant worker from Bihar, were killed in a huge blast and the accompanying fire at a pyrotechnics work unit at Anapperuvazhi near Athani in Kerala’s Thrissur district at noon Wednesday. Six others were admitted to hospital with serious burn injuries and the condition of two of them was stated to be critical.
P Vijayan, Commissioner of Police, Thrissur said the cause of the blast was yet to be ascertained. The police and local residents said the intensity of the blast and fire was very high because the fireworks unit owner could have stocked a huge quantity of explosives in the context of the upcoming temple festival season in the district.
Four of those killed in the blast and fire were identified as unit owner Jophy Devassy, contractor Vasu Pillai of Kunnamkulam, Thrissur and workers Sajeesh of Vennur and Bihar native Babloo. The bodies of the other two persons killed were so mutilated that the police could only guess their identity as workers Anil and Radhakrishnan.
Among those who had been admitted to the Medical College Hospital, Thrissur was Devassy, father of unit owner Jophy. Devassy and Josphy were said to be two of the best pyrotechnic experts in the area and had been regular contractors for the firework shows of the Paramekkavu temple for the famous Thrissur Pooram festival.
The blast at the fireworks unit situated atop a hill near Athani had occurred at about 12.30 pm Wednesday and the accompanying fire raged for about an hour. The inaccessibility of the unit in the absence of motorable roads to it had made rescue works and the efforts to douse the fire difficult.
The authorities have launched an inquiry into the incident. Police officials in Thrissur said they would launch raids on all pyrotechnic units in the district as the season of annual temple festivals, of which fireworks shows were an unavoidable part, was about to start.
Meanwhile, in Madurai, four persons were killed and two others injured when fire broke out at a fire cracker unit at V Sockalingam Patti in the district, according to PTI. Police said electrical short circuit could have caused the incident.
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