Virudhunagar fireworks unit blast toll rises to 25; identity of 22 victims established, says Collector

The decease toll successful the blast that took spot astatine Vanaja Fireworks Unit astatine Kattanarpatti present roseate to 25, with 2 much workers succumbing to burns aboriginal connected Monday.

R. Petchiammal, 51, and V. Panchavarnam, 56, of Tiruthagal, who suffered implicit 80% burns successful the detonation that occurred at Vanaja Fireworks unit on Sunday, died astatine the Virudhunagar Government Medical College infirmary (VGMCH) connected Monday. Six others, including a 12-year-old boy, are undergoing treatment. Meanwhile, a pistillate constabulary constable, Kavitha, had suffered a fracture connected her near manus successful the 2nd blast that was reported astir 7.20 p.m., adjacent arsenic hunt and rescue cognition was nether way.