India News | 5 Killed, Several Injured in Firecracker Factory Blast in Punjab's Sri Muktsar Sahib
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Five migrant labourers were killed and several were injured in a blast in a firecracker manufacturing and packaging unit near a village in Punjab's Sri Muktsar Sahib district on Friday, police said.
Chandigarh, May 30 (PTI) Five migrant labourers were killed and several were injured in a blast in a firecracker manufacturing and packaging unit near a village in Punjab's Sri Muktsar Sahib district on Friday, police said.
The incident occurred in the two-storey factory unit located on Singhawali-Kotli road in Sri Muktsar Sahib, Lambi's Deputy Superintendent of Police, Jaspal Singh, said over the phone.
The cause behind the blast is under investigation, the DSP said.
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