Report Subject: Illegal Fireworks Factory Kills 27 Including 12 Children Date of Email report: Sun 26/10/2008 Report Detail:
JAIPUR, India — A huge explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in western India on Thursday killed 27 people, including 12 children, police said. The blast, which occurred before dawn, blew apart the workshop set up in a home in a slum in the town of Deeg, said area police chief Rohit Mahajan. Another 17 people were injured in the explosion. Mahajan said the force of the blast also brought down two neighboring homes, where the 12 children were killed. Deeg is some 120 miles northwest of Jaipur, the capital of India's Rajasthan state. Thousands of illicit firework factories spring up every year in India ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, when revelers fire them off in celebration. Diwali begins this year on Oct. 28. In the run up to Halloween & Guy Fawkes - Fireworks Night this should serve as a sad reminder to us all that fireworks are explosives and should be treated with the greatest of respect. If you plan on seeing fireworks this festive season wherever possible take your loved ones to a public fireworks display for a number of reasons:
If you are intent on your own display at home please be careful and always follow the firework code.
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