Factory explosion in Firozabad kills 4, including 3-yr-old; 6 hospitalised

Four persons, including a three-year-old girl and a woman, were killed in a sudden explosion at a firecracker godown-cum-factory in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district, police said on Tuesday.

Six persons were injured in the incident, which took place in the factory located in the Naushera area under Shikohabad police station limits on Monday night, a senior police official said.

The bodies of the deceased have been sent for postmortem and the injured have been hospitalised, the official said.

Deepak Kumar, IG, Agra range, who reached the incident spot and inspected it, told PTI, "So far about 10 people have been rescued from the building, of which four have died while, six injured have been admitted to the hospital."

"There is still a possibility of some people being buried under the debris," Kumar added.

Team of fire and police departments, and district administration are engaged in relief work under supervision of the superintendent of police and CMO officials, he said.

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