2 Killed In Massive Blast At Firecracker Godown In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi: A massive blast at a godown of a firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district led to the death of two workers and injuries to more than four people including two women. The blast incident took place at the fireworks factory godown near Nazareth in the Thoothukudi district on Saturday evening. The police said that the injured have been hospitalised and are under treatment.

A senior police official stated that the sudden blast occurred when the workers were handling the firecrackers.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has expressed his grief over the incident and announced a solatium of Rs 3 lakh each to the family of the deceased.

While two of them, who were later identified as Kannan and Vijay were killed, four others have been rushed to the Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital and Sathankulam Government Hospital for treatment, police said.

The entire structure of the godown was completely gutted in the accidental blast, police said.

"I was deeply anguished to hear the news of the deaths in the unexpected explosion at a private firecracker factory," the Chief Minister said in a release.

Also, he said a solatium of Rs one lakh each will be provided to those injured in the accidental explosion.

Selvam, Prasanth, Sendhurkani and Muthumari who were seriously injured are undergoing treatment, the release said.