One person was killed and another was seriously injured after a blast at a firecracker unit in a village here on Saturday evening, police said. He said that the blast took place in a factory in Umarpur village of Budhana police station area.
Circle Officer Vijay Kumar Gautam told PTI that welding of a shutter was going on in the manufacturing unit when a spark caught fire and all the firecrackers kept there exploded, damaging the factory wall and the welding machine.
The deceased was identified as Azam (19), while the injured Shahzad (25) was taken to the hospital in a critical condition.
The circle officer said that an inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
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