Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 10 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, KKSSR Ramachandran, visited a government hospital and met the people injured in the explosion at a fireworks factory near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district.

The minister asked the doctors about the health conditions of the injured.

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In the tragic incident, eight people, including five women, were killed and 12 others injured after an explosion took place at a firecracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district on Thursday.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. (ANI)

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