Tamil Nadu cracker factory explosion kills nine people

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 16:51

At least nine people died and up to five suffered burns on Friday after a fire broke out at a cracker factory in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.

Blast in illegal cracker making factory in UP, 6 dead

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 08:17

A major explosion was reported from an illegal cracker making factory in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh on Friday.

Woman killed in cracker factory explosion in UP

Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:23

A pregnant woman was killed and three others were injured in an explosion in a cracker factory in Siktaur area of the district, police said Thursday.

Three dead in Sivakasi fireworks factory fire

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 22:00

Three persons were charred to death and 13 seriously injured in a blaze that swept through a private fireworks factory after an accidental explosion at nearby Singampatti on Thursday.

TN cracker factory explosion: Toll rises to 7

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 12:41

With one more person succumbing to injuries at the government hospital here Wednesday, the toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit has gone up to seven, police said.

Three killed, five injured in explosion in cracker making unit

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 14:20

Three persons were killed and five suffered burns in an explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit here on Sunday, police said.

Eight die in cracker factory blast in UP

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 10:30

At least eight people were killed and over a dozen injured in a massive explosion in a cracker factory in Uttar Pradesh, reports said on Tuesday.

Two killed, nine injured in cracker factory blast

Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 15:02

Two women were killed and nine others of the same family injured in a blast in an illegal cracker unit in Mohanlalganj area.

Sivakasi blaze: Owner of firecracker unit held

Last Updated: Sunday, September 9, 2012, 20:57

The owner of a Sivakasi cracker manufacturing unit where a fire on September 5 claimed 39 lives was arrested on Sunday on culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other charges from Samayanallur in this district.