Balasore: Balasore cracker unit explosion toll reaches 10. The incident took place around 4.15 pm on Wednesday 30 km away from Balasore town in the house of one Golak Pradhan where crackers were being made, caught fire after an explosion.
As many as six persons were killed, including a child, and over ten persons were injured after the explosion in a cracker unit on Wednesday. Expressing deep grief over the explosion in an illegal cracker manufacturing unit at Bahabalpur area in Balasore district this afternoon, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced Rs 2 lakh as ex-gratia for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 as financial aid for the persons injured critically in the mishap.
The CM also announced that the government will bear the total cost of treatment of the injured people and informed that stern action will be taken against those who are responsible for the explosion.
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