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Madurai: A fire accident in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu has killed seventeen workers and about 40 others have suffered burn injuries.
The accident took place at a licensed cracker-manufacturing unit at Vadakampatti, around 40 kilometres from Madurai. The cause of the accident is yet to be established.
Many of the injured are critical including a few school students who worked there after returning from school. Union minister from Madurai M. K. Azhagiri is expected to visit the place on July 8.
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