Kolkata (IANS) | A firecracker factory exploded in Egra in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district on Tuesday. Three people died and four others were seriously injured in this accident. The explosion was so tremendous that the house where the firecracker factory was running collapsed completely. Policemen are apprehensive that more bodies will be recovered after the rescue operation is over. The four injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital, where their condition is said to be critical.
The police is probing whether the blast was caused only by the firecrackers kept there or by the explosion of crude bombs made there under the guise of a firecracker factory.
The locals allege that the firecracker factory was running in a completely illegal manner without the requisite permissions or monitoring by the local administration including the police.
The locals have also alleged that their repeated appeals to take action against the illegal firecracker factories that have sprung up in the area have been ignored by the local administration.
By the time the news was written, a large number of police forces had reached the spot. The policemen have cordoned off the entire area.
Significantly, at the end of last year, a similar blast took place at Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore district. Several people, including a local Trinamool Congress leader, were killed and many others injured in that blast.
–IANS
