WB: Fire breaks out at firecracker factory in North 24 Parganas; 20 injured

In a horrific incident, fire broke out at a firecracker factory in North 24 Parganas district's Amdanga in West Bengal on Monday. Twenty people got injured in the fire.

Fire tenders were called to spot to douse the flames.

Earlier on Sunday, 8 people lost their lives and 25 got injured after fire broke out at a firecracker factory in Jharkhand's Kumardubi.

Fire broke out in a house where a huge quantity of firecrackers were stored illegally in Jamshedpur’s East Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said.

Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) (Ghatsila) Arvind Kumar Lal said a wall of the house collapsed in the fire and some people are feared trapped under it.