Saharanpur:
An official said that three workers died of burnt injuries after a large -scale explosion in a cracker factory.
In the morning hours, the sound of the blast in Nihal Khedi village echoed in a stretch of about two kilometers of two kilometers.
Saharanpur District Magistrate Manish Bansal informed reporters that the incident took place at 4:30 am and many workers were present at that time. He said that three workers died due to burnt injuries.
On receiving information about Blaze, police personnel, a forensic team and fire tender were taken to the spot for rescue operations.
Three factory operators have been taken into police custody, Bansal said, while the unit had a license to make firecrackers, specific types of firecrackers were being made.
The authorities were afraid of widespread damage after working in the factory at that time and the building collapsed in force of explosion.
The villagers claimed that many illegal firecrackers factories were running in the area and convicted the “negligence” of the administration for this.
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