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 G...