Accidents in two fireworks units in Virudhunagar district claims 11 lives

Eleven workers, including eight women, were killed in accidents at private fireworks units in Virudhunagar district on Tuesday.

In the first accident at Rengapalayam 10 people were killed.

In another incident at a fireworks unit in Kichanayakanpatti, a 55-year-old man died on the spot.

Fire and Rescue Service officials from multiple locations rushed to the two spots around 2 p.m.

According to preliminary inquiries, the officials said the workers were engaged in packing at the unit belonging to Sundaramurthi in Rengapalayam. They were reportedly testing some of the newly produced crackers. In the process, a blast occurred in which the workers’ in the adjacent room were burnt alive.