At least seven killed, several injured in explosion at fireworks factory in India

At least seven people were killed and several injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in India's Duttapukur area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on August 27 morning, fire brigade officials said, Report informs referring to the Hindustan Times.

Fire brigade officials said the explosion was so powerful that it damaged several buildings in the area.

Speaking to media persons, locals said that the explosion took place inside a two-storey house around 10.40am in the Nilgunj area of Duttapukar. The factory was being run from a house illegally, locals claimed.

Rathin Ghosh, state food minister and legislator from the area, said police officers told him that seven or eight people died and around six people were injured.