Five killed in TN fire cracker unit blast

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IANS Chennai
Last Updated : Oct 09 2016 | 9:13 PM IST

Five persons were killed and around 10 others injured in a blast in a fire cracker unit in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district on Sunday, said officials.

The persons were working in the fire cracket unit in a village in Villupuram, around 170 km from here, when the blast occurred.

The blast was so intense that the building came down, trapping and killing the five workers, said a Fire and Rescue Services official.

The injured have been sent to a nearby hospital.

--IANS

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First Published: Oct 09 2016 | 9:02 PM IST

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