Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), April 26 -- Three workers were charred to death and three others critically injured in an explosion triggered by an inferno in a private fireworks factory at M.Pudupatti village near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
Preliminary reports quoting police sources said the fire broke out at Standard Fireworks Factory when the workers were engaged in mixing highly inflammable chemicals for making a fancy variety of crackers.
A series of explosions had razed down five warehouses, where a huge stock of finished crackers and chemicals was stored, the sources added.
Fire tenders from Sivakasi and Sattur rushed to the factory and extinguished the blaze.
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