Toll in fireworks unit accident rises to 20
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The death toll in Friday’s accident at Sree Mariyammal Fireworks near Sattur rose to 20 on Sunday, with one more worker succumbing to burns.
The police said J. Vanaraja, 51, of Ameerpalayam, died at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai.
Two days after the accident, officials established the identities of three charred bodies. All the three were women from Sattur M. Poomari, 50, P. Malliga, 58, and S. Sankareswari, 55.
Commissioner for Revenue Administration K. Phanindra Reddy met officials of various departments, including Virudhunagar Collector R. Kannan. The meeting discussed the gravity of the accident and the ways to prevent recurrence of such fires.
Four more deaths take toll in fireworks accident to 19
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Human error caused the accident, says Collector; six booked, one arrested
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Human error caused the accident, says Collector; six booked, one arrested
A pall of gloom enveloped villages around Achchankulam in Virudhunagar district, where Friday’s fire accident at the Sree Mariyammal Fireworks unit claimed 19 lives.
After 15 workers succumbed to burns and injuries caused by flying debris late on Friday, the toll kept rising till Saturday morning. “We were able to establish the identity of 16 persons, including women. Identity of three bodies could not be ascertained,” Virudhunagar Collector R. Kannan said.
Human error suspected to have caused the blasts
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Dumping of chemicals triggered fire
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Dumping of chemicals triggered fire
Was it an act of desperation fuelled by hunger or anger that claimed 15 lives and critically injured 10 others at Sree Mariyammal Fireworks near here? That is the question investigators were asking late on Friday.
As per the statement of Manikandan, a cargo vehicle driver in the unit, one of the workers, identified as Gopal, had suddenly dumped a heap of dried chemicals that triggered the blasts. “It was 1.20 p.m. We all had completed our work,” he said.