Harda/UNI: Three serial blasts occurred on Tuesday at a fireworks factory within a village in this district’s Bairagarh area though official confirmation is awaited regarding casualties.
Police quoted preliminary reports as saying that the explosions were heard over a radius of 20 km.
Dwellings in the vicinity of the factory subsequently caught fire.
VIDEO | Blast at a firecracker factory in Harda, Madhya Pradesh. More details are awaited. pic.twitter.com/MtdLjUFrQJ
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A team of administrative and medical officials rushed to the scene from here.
A similar incident at the facility claimed three lives about five years back.
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