2 children among 5 dead in Firozabad factory explosion, 11 hospitalised

PTI, Firozabad (UP): Five persons, including two children and a woman, were killed due to an explosion at a firecracker godowncum- factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district that caused damage to nearby houses, a police official said on Tuesday. Eleven persons sustained injuries in the blast, which happened in the factory located in the Naushera area under Shikohabad police station limits on Monday night, they said. Local residents also said that around one dozen houses were damaged due to the blast, and roofs of some of the houses have also been damaged.

“Five persons including two children were killed in the explosion, which had taken place in a firecracker godown-cum-factory. Eleven persons were injured in the incident,” Circle Officer Shikohabad Praveen Tiwari told PTI. According to local residents, around 10.30 pm, there was a sudden blast in the firecracker godown due to which the walls of the building collapsed and about seven people got buried under the debris. Meera Devi (45), Aman Kushwaha (17), Gautam Kushwaha (16) and Kumari Ichha (4) and Abhinaye (2) died in the incident. The two kids are siblings, the officer said, adding that they were identified based on information obtained from the district hospital. The bodies of the deceased were handed over to their kin after post-mortem, officials said.