India, April 1 -- At least eight members, including children, of a family were killed when firecrackers stored inside a home-cum-factory went off in the remote Patharpratima area of the Sunderbans in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday night, police said.

The youngest victim was an eight-month-old. The older children were around 10 and 12 years old. The eldest victim, a woman, was 80. The explosion took place inside the home-cum-factory of Chandrakanta Banik, local people told the media. At least three more members of the family were injured and rushed to Diamond Harbour Medical College and Hospital. Police sealed the house around midnight

"The dead were all members of the Banik family. It appears that the firecrackers we...