3 fatalities, 1 injury, explosion at a firecracker factory in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India.

An explosion at a firecracker factory in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India, resulted in 3 fatalities and 1 injury. The incident occurred near Sattur and follows a previous fire incident at a firecracker manufacturing facility in Narayanapuram Pudur, Virudhunagar district last month, which did not result in any casualties. Fire tenders were dispatched to both scenes to extinguish the fires.