Six of the deceased persons belonged to a family. The explosion occurred in a house in Auraiya, a village in Kanpur district, where fire-crakers were being manufactured illegally for the festival of lights.
The house is in Yaqoobpur town in Bela police station area in Uttar Pradesh, deputy superintendent of police Ashok Kumar Singh told reporters.
All eight died on the spot as fire-crackers caught fire.
The wounded have been rushed to a hospital in Kanpur.
Tuesday 13 November 2012
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/eight-killed-in-firecracker-explosion-in-up/article4093233.ece
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