Karnataka: Six Killed in Explosion at Quarry Site, Second Incident in a Month The incident took place at Hirenagavalli near Peresandra on Tuesday. Quarrying was stopped by the police on February 7 following complaints from the locals against the rampant use of gelatin sticks. At least six people were killed in a gelatin stick blast in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka. Photo: Twitter/@AnojanJeyaram Rights23/Feb/2021 Chikkaballapur: Six people were killed when the gelatin sticks they were trying to dispose of exploded accidentally at a stone quarry site in a village here early on Tuesday, police said. The incident comes close on the heels of a similar blast at a quarry site in the state’s chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s hometown of Shivamogga on January 22, which left six dead.