The blast is suspected to have taken place during the process of mixing chemicals and it flattened at least one room and led to the deaths.

Chennai: In yet another tragedy in a fireworks unit in Tamil Nadu, six workers perished and one person was injured in an explosion at Sainath Fireworks in Bommaiyapuram near Sattur in south Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district on Saturday.

The blast is suspected to have taken place during the process of mixing chemicals and it flattened at least one room and led to the deaths.

Six workers were killed following an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit near in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar on Saturday, news agency PTI reported quoting an official.

Virudhunagar’s District Collector, VP Jeyaseelan briefed on blast at firecracker manufacturing factory, and said, “6 people have died and we have ordered a very detailed investigation. Based on the investigation report,

Six workers were killed and several sustained burns in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Sattur in Tamil Nadu's Virudhnagar district on Saturday. According to the Sattur Police, the number of fatalities is likely to rise,

Six people were killed in a deadly explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit at Ammayanaickenpatti village near Sattur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, about 520 km south of Chennai, on Saturday morning.