West Bengal Governor visits explosion site of illegal firecracker factory in Duttapukur
The Governor is also slated to visit the Barasat district hospital where the injured were brought in following the blast.
The Governor is also slated to visit the Barasat district hospital where the injured were brought in following the blast.
A police official said that the firecracker manufacturing unit was running illegally and its licence to manufacture crackers had expired in 2013.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh expressed his anguish over the loss of lives in the mishap.
The intensity of the blast was so strong that people sitting in an adjacent cycle shop and some passersby were injured in the incident, the SSP said.
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