Fire cracker unit blast toll mounts to 7, 5 held

Hyderabad, Nov 4 (UNI) The toll in the November 1 firecracker unit blast rose to seven with five more children succumbing to injuries at a hospital here today.

Police said Owner Narasimha Rao, his two aides and a couple of others, who supplied explosive materials, were arrested in the city and being interrogated.

The explosion at the cracker factory had killed two children and seriously injured 14 others including 11 children.

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