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date_range 17 Feb 2018 9:44 PM IST Updated On
date_range 17 Feb 2018 9:44 PM ISTExplosion at fireworks-shed in Pathanamthitta leaves two persons dead
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Pathanamthitta: An explosion at a shed that stored fireworks in the district, on Saturday left two persons dead and five others injured, police said.
The explosion occurred when the shed at Eraviperoor caught fire, they said.
The injured persons were admitted to hospitals at nearby Thiruvalla and Kottayam Medical College and their condition was said to be serious, they said.
The victims were workers engaged in preparing fireworks for the annual Kumaraguru Jayanti celebrations at the headquarters of the Pratyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha (PRDS).
The PRDS is a religious protest movement founded in 1909 by Poykayil Sreekumara Gurudevan (also called Poykayil Yohannan).
The sabha was celebrating the 128th birth anniversary of its founder.
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