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Twelve people were killed in the blast that took place on May 17 in an illegal firecracker unit at Khadikul village of Egra subdivision in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district. Alok (19) was one of them.
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The toll in the blast at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district rose to 12 after two more persons succumbed to their injuries, a senior official said on Saturday. Rabindranath Maity and Pinki Maity, who had third-degree burn injuries, died at the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata where they were undergoing treatment, he said.
Rabindranath Maity, who had 80 per cent burn injuries, was undergoing treatment at the state-run SSKM Hospital, says police