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Explosion in WB as Firecrackers Go off While Being Defused

The firecrackers, seized by police, went off while being defused in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.

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An enormous mushroom cloud went up several metres high as firecrackers, seized by police, went off while being defused on the banks of the Ganga in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday, shattering window panes of houses even on the other bank of the river – Chinsurah in Hooghly district.

Official sources said the explosion happened in the district's Naihati town when police were defusing a large quantity of firecrackers they had seized from illegal manufacturing units in the area.

The impact was so huge that window panes of houses even in Chinsurah in Hooghly district were shattered, besides damaging several buildings in the Ramghat area of Naihati.

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Protesting against the authorities over the explosion, locals set two police vehicles on fire and also blocked some roads in the area, said Dhrubojyoti Dey, deputy commissioner (headquarters) of Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.

He said two personnel of Naihati Police Station were injured as protesters manhandled them.

Last week, four persons, including two women, were killed in an explosion at a fireworks manufacturing factory in the area, following which police started raiding illegal units and seized a huge cache of firecrackers.

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