At least four cracker making sheds were destroyed in the blasts.
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Sixteen people died and around 20 others suffered injuries in a series of blasts in a fireworks manufacturing unit at Achankulam near Sattur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Friday afternoon.
District collector R Kannan told TOI that the deceased include seven women and five men. “We have identified five men and five women. Two women are yet to be identified while the gender of the four other bodies is yet to be ascertained,” he said.
The accident happened around 1.30pm in a cracker unit named Mariammal Fireworks which is licenced by the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO).
‘Sattur woman will be given Siddha treatment’
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State tells HC that her post as OA has been regularised
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The State government on Wednesday informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that
Rasagandhi Mezhugu,
Amukkara Choornam and
Nellikkai Legiyam (RAN) Siddha therapy would be given to the Sattur woman who was transfused with HIV-infected blood at a government hospital in 2018.
A Division Bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi had earlier sought to know if Siddha treatment could be given to the woman. The court was also informed by the State that her appointment to the post of Office Assistant at Sattur Government Hospital was regularised as per the direction of the court.