Krishnagiri Superintendant of Police Saroj Kumar Thakore said that blast took place inside the firecracker factory owned by one Ravi in the Pazhayapettai area.
Two people died after an explosion took place at a firecracker manufacturing factory at Sivakasi City in Virudhunagar district, police officials said on Tuesday.
This is the first meeting after nine people were killed after an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on May 16.
"An ex-gratia of Rs 2.5 lakhs will be given to the next of kin of those who died in the firecracker factory blast in Egra and a home guard job will be given to one of the family members," she said while addressing a people East Medinipur.
Days after a major blast occurred in an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal's East Medinipur claiming nine lives, Inspector-in-Charge of Egra Police Station, Mousam Chakraborty got transferred on Friday, officials said.
A massive blast took place at the factory in Khadikul village under the Egra police station at around 11 am on Tuesday in which nine people lost their lives and several others were injured.
Two persons died in an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing factory at Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district, said the police on Thursday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari's petition demanding a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe on the case has been mentioned before the Calcutta High Court.
After an explosion in an illegal firecracker factory in which at least 9 people were killed, the locals accuse the state administration of not taking timely action against the factory which they say making lethal explosives and guns.
According to the sources, a team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Kolkata reached the spot at 9.45 pm on Tuesday and launched an investigation with the help of forensic experts after the state government handed over the case to CID.
At least seven people died and seven were critically injured in a blast incident at a firecracker factory incident in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur on Tuesday.