LIVE: Eleven killed, 36 injured in fire in Tamil Nadu cracker factory

Latest News Live: Eleven men and women died and much more than 20 ended up wounded Friday when an explosion ripped through a fireworks manufacturing facility at Achankulam village in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, numerous stories mentioned.

The ‘Sree Maariyamman fireworks’ manufacturing facility experienced saved firecrackers in a home that caught fireplace and led to the explosion, the Indian Convey site described. Law enforcement instructed the site the explosion transpired at close to one:thirty pm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each individual to the kin of the deceased, composing on Twitter to categorical his condolences.

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