Two persons were killed and another was seriously injured in a cracker blast at Goudiapathala village under the Bhanjanagar police station limits in Ganjam district on Wednesday morning.
Sources said some members of a family of the village were making crackers. While preparing a mixture of explosive powder in their house, it suddenly went off killing a five-year-old child and a young woman on the spot.
Besides, another member of the family was seriously injured in the blast. A team of Bhanjanagar police rushed to the spot and admitted the injured person at hospital. The two bodies were later taken to the hospital for post mortem.