4 dead in explosion at firecracker factory in West Bengal’s Nadia district

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cracker mill blast, kalyani, westbound bengal, Eyewitnesses said the detonation took spot astir 1 p.m. successful the Rathtala country of Kalyani. (Representational Image)

A immense detonation astatine a firecracker mill astatine Nadia district’s Kalyani connected Friday killed astatine slightest 4 persons, including 2 women, the constabulary said. The decease toll is apt to increase.

After the explosion, elder constabulary officers rushed to the spot with the occurrence brigade. A elder constabulary serviceman said, “The detonation has damaged the full factory. Initially, we recovered 4 charred bodies and the process of dousing the flames is on.”

Eyewitnesses said the detonation took spot astir 1 p.m. successful the Rathtala country of Kalyani. Those who died successful the blast were employees of the factory, theresidents claimed.

The serviceman said, “It was a precise crowded country and we got accusation that the mill did not person due permissions. We are investigating however it managed to operate.”

Since 2023, West Bengal has seen respective incidents of explosions astatine firecracker factories. In the past six months, specified incidents person taken spot astatine Champahati and Diamond Harbour successful South 24 Parganas district.

Atri Mitra is simply a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with much than 20 years of acquisition successful reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering medication and governmental quality for much than 10 years and has a keen involvement successful governmental improvement successful West Bengal. Atri holds a Master grade successful Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's grade from Calcutta University. He is besides an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his vocation with starring vernacular regular the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked determination for much than 15 years. He worked arsenic Bihar analogous for much than 3 years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha predetermination and 2010 assembly elections. He besides worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha predetermination successful 2019. ... Read More

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