One person was killed and another seriously injured as firecrackers exploded in a village under the district on Sunday.
The two were making firecrackers at Arei village under Chandanpur area when the crackers went off killing one of them and leaving the other injured, Chandanpur police station IIC Girija Patnaik said. The injured has been admitted in the Puri District Headquarters Hospital. The asbestos roof under which the crackers were being prepared has been severely gutted in the explosion, the police said.