India, April 23 -- A 25-year-old man was killed and two others were injured when a fire broke out at an illegal fireworks manufacturing factory allegedly being run on the first floor of a building in Loni's Shanti Nagar residential locality late Monday night. Taking cognizance of the incident, Loni Border police station booked three people on Tuesday.

Officers said police were alerted around 9.40pm by locals on Monday informing that the blaze started after a possible leakage in an LPG cylinder. Visiting police teams found three people trapped inside.

Officers identified the three as Shad Mohammad, 25, Mohammad Sarfaraz, 30, and Mohammad Mushir alias Rehan, 35, who were evacuated with the help of fire department personnel, and rushed to ...