Bengal: Toll in illegal firecracker factory blast rises to 9, one arrested

People and security personnel gather after a blast at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on August 27, 2023..

The toll in the blast at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengals North 24 Parganas district rose to nine with one more body recovered from a pond, a senior police officer said on Monday.. One person was arrested in connection with the blast, the officer said...

The situation at Nilgunjs Moshpole within Duttapukur police station limits was calm on Monday.. The headless body was recovered from a pond while the head was found from the courtyard of a neighbouring house, the officer said, adding that one hand and two fingers were also found in the surrounding areas of the explosion site...

Police and local administration employed JCB machines to bring down the remaining part of the building, housing the illegal firecracker unit and clear debris from the area, the officer said.. Talking about the condition of those injured in the blast undergoing treatment at the Barasat Medical College and Hospital, the police officer said that the condition of one remained very critical while others were improving...

They should have taken necessary actions when we had complained to them, Ratan Hasan Ali, a local, said.. Twelve people were killed in a similar explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in Purba Medinipur districts Egra in May while three died in another explosion in Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas district...

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