Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 26 (ANI): Two people died and three others were injured in an explosion which occurred at a firecracker factory in Virudhunagar district on Saturday, police officials said.

According to police officials, the firecracker factory is located in the Sivakasi area in Virudhunagar district today.

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Reportedly, this is the second similar incident at the district, when on January 4 of this year, 3 people died after a fire broke out at afirecracker factory in Sattur area in the district.

Further details into the incident are awaited.

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In a separate incident in Thootukudi district, a fire broke out at a private export company's warehouse, however no casualties were reported in that incident.

According to officials, the fire had broken out at 10:30 PM on Friday, and the officials reached the spot and doused the fire within 5 minutes. (ANI)

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