Seven people were killed and 10 suffered serious burns on Tuesday in an explosion at a factory in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district where firecrackers were allegedly being made illegally.
People heard a huge explosion in the industrial area about 11.30 am and later found seven labourers working in the unit charred to death.Ten others, including woman, working in the factory sustained serious burn injuries and were taken to Una Civil Hospital.As per sources, the fire cracker unit was being run in a private building taken on rent.The unit was not registered with the industries department as per GM, industry, Una, Anshul Dhiman. The sources here said that the people running the unit for making crackers also did not have the explosives license.
