Five dead, nine injured in explosion at firecracker unit in AP

March 29, 2015 20:53

At least five workers, mostly women, were killed and nine others injured in an explosion and subsequent blaze at a firecracker manufacturing unit in a village of Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district today, the police said.

The incident occurred this evening at Gokulpadu village in Visakhapatnam district between 4:30 pm and 5 pm under S Rayavaram police station limits, district Superintendent of Police, K Pravin said.

"Five bodies were recovered from the spot. Nine others were injured, of which condition of four persons is critical," the SP told PTI over phone.

Most of the deceased are women working at the unit, he said. The blaze soon spread to the adjoining areas, but fire engines were pressed into service which brought it under control, he said.

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