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Chennai, Feb 12: As many as 16 people were reported dead and 33 injured after a massive fire broke out at a firecracker factory in Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu on Friday.
The injured have been admitted to the Sivakasi government hospital.
The incident took place while the staff of the Virudhunagar- based private firecracker factory was mixing some chemicals to produce fireworks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his grief over the incident and has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of the deceased from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF). Rs 50,000 will be given to those injured in the incident, the PM said.
Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami, “I have instructed dist…
