Toll in fireworks unit accident rises to 20 Updated: Updated: Govt. plans to make basic training mandatory for workers Share Article Govt. plans to make basic training mandatory for workers 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.