Tamil Nadu: Eight killed, 10 injured in Virudhnagar firecracker factory explosion

At least 8 people were killed and 10 others injured after a massive explosion that took place at a firecracker manufacturing unit in the Virudhnagar district on Saturday eveningAccording to fire department officials 8 people have been killed in the explosion at a firecracker factory in the Virudhnagar district 10 people have been injured in the incident The reason for the explosion is yet to be ascertainedVisuals from the event show the damage to the entire infrastructure and how the blast brought down the entire firecracker industrial unitAmbulances are also present at the site The rescue operation is currently underway at the site of the incidentOn February 15 four children were killed and several others were injured in an explosion at Bundelkhand Gaurav Mahotsav in Uttar Pradeshs Chitrakoot police said on Thursday According to the police the blast occurred during the fireworks display at the festivalFour of our children died in this DIG from Chitrakoot District Officer Chitrakoot and SP Additional SP among other officials are on the spot our forensic team a team of Bomb Disposal Squad BDS are also arriving Bhanu Bhaskar Additional Director General ADG Prayagraj Zone told reporters at ChitrakootThe senior officer said that an FIR has been registered against three people in connection with the incident and more people are likely to be named in the FIR and that an investigation has begun into the incidentFIR has been filed now against about three people and more people will included in it The investigation is going on Additional Director General of Police Bhaskar saidWe have given the entire investigation to a new investigator Harsh Pandey CO so that we can take it forward with the same seriousness as we were doing also by coordinating with the teams that are coming in from New Delhi from Lucknow as well as from Prayagraj and with the teams that are coming from Agra we will conclude very soon he saidIt would not be appropriate for me to make any comment regarding the investigation because all the facts are being examined The postmortem of the children is not complete More people are being interrogated and with the clues they have given so far we are investigating the senior police official saidChief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a highlevel inquiry committee led by an additional director general ADG rank officer to investigate the incident He also announced financial assistance of 5 lakh for the families of the victims and 50000 for the injuredAdditional Director General of Police Bhaskar further said that the officials are meeting the family members of the victims whose identities have not been yet revealed adding that the government has announced compensation to the family of the victimsNow we are in talks with everyone our first task was to meet the family members so till now we met two we have met a family in Allahabad and also in Prayagraj and after this we will meet the rest and take necessary action he saidThere is some talk of compensation from the government side A decision has been taken and in it 5 lakh is to be given to each family as well as to those who have been injured apart from this the rest of the proceedings are going on so we will look at all the elements and conclude this very soon ADG Bhaskar said With inputs from ANI