Chennai, Feb. 5 -- A woman worker was killed and six others were
injured in a fire accident at a Cracker manufacturing unit in the southern
Virudhungar district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday afternoon.
The injured included four women, an official release said.
Chief Minister M K Stalin, in a statement, condoled the death of the worker,
Ms Ramalakshmi (50) in the fire accident that occurred at a private cracker
making unit at Chinnavadi village in the district, and announced a solatium
of Rs four lakh to her family.
He said six other workers in the unit--Ms Murugeswari (55), Manickam (50),
Ms Mahalakshmi (48), Ms Veeralakshmi (37), Simon Daniel (33) Ms Kasthuri
(33)--sustained burns and were undergoing treatment at the Virudhunagar
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