Three charred to death in Sivakasi factory fire

Three persons were killed and 21 others were injured in an explosioni at a cracker unit at at Chithanayakanpatti near here on Wednesday. The accident happened when workers were involved in the process of filling chemicals for crackers at a room in ...

Two persons were killed and six injured in an explosion at a private fireworks factory at Singampatti near here on Wednesday.The injured included a one-and-a-half-year-old child who had...

The state government officials stumbled upon seven child labourers during a raid at the units on Monday and cancelled their licences. "Durga Colour Matches at Gurumurthinayakanpatti was found to have employed two children while Thamaraikannan Fireworks at ...

The death of an 11-year-old boy, who was injured in an explosion at Meenakshi Fireworks at Chithanayakanpatti near Sivakasi on Wednesday, has not only raised the toll in the tragedy to four but also turned the spotlight back on the use of child ...

Three, including a woman, were killed instantly, and 19 others, including a toddler, sustained injuries in an explosion that occurred in Meenakshi Fireworks in Kichanayakkanpatti near Sivakasi on Wednesday.

On April 28 a blast near Sivakasi in a factory owned by S S Vijayakumar, president of the Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers Association, killed at least five workers and injured seven.The blast occurred while 12 contract workers were ...

With one more person succumbing to injuries at the government hospital in Sivakasi on Thursday, the toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit has gone up to eight, police said. The Hindu, 3 weeks ago TN cracker factory explosion: Toll rises to 7  ZeeNews.com, 3 weeks ago Toll in blast near Sivakasi rises to six  The Hindu, 3 weeks ago Toll rises to eight in Tamil Nadu firecracker factory explosion  NDTV, 3 weeks ago

The victims were mixing chemicals under a tree

The State government has said it is taking a number of steps on its own and in partnership with the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation to prevent accidents at firecracker manufacturing units in and around Sivakasi. Safety standards and ...