One person was killed and about six injured when an explosion took place in a local fire cracker manufacturing factory in Ghaziabad’s Farukh Nagar locality near Hindon Air Force station that comes under the jurisdiction of loni Police Station on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Iqram (36).
Police said when the workers were engaged in manufacturing crackers, a spark was seen which, probably, was due to someone smoking on the premises. "Suddenly an explosion took place which caused the death of a worker. In the attempt to evacuate the premise four to five workers were injured," said a senior police official.
After being informed about the incident, the administration, five fire tenders were rushed to the spot that controlled the fire. The injured people were rushed to a nearby hospital and discharged after the first aid from a local hospital.
"I have been told that a worker was smoking bidi during his work hours in the work place which caused the explosion. However the SDM has been ordered to conduct an extensive enquiry. Punitive action would be initiated after the enquiry report
is submitted.
“Meanwhile, checking is being done in the entire area which is checking whether the license conditions are being followed or not,” said District Magistrate Nidhi Kesarwani.