Fireworks can be spectacular, but following last
month’s explosion at a Vietnamese fireworks factory that killed more than 20
people (see my blog of Oct 28), now there's news from China that 11 have died with another 17
injured at a fireworks factory at Cenxi in the southern region of Guangxi.
Two businessmen
are reported to have been arrested. Controls on China’s fireworks industry are
lax, and there have been a number of deadly incidents in recent years. In 2010,
19 people were killed in a blast in the southern province of Guangdong, and a
similar number in an explosion at Yichun in Heilongjiang province.
India too is
plagued by firework factory accidents. A blast in Thanjavur district of Tamil
Nadu province on Friday killed nine people. The plant made high-decibel bangers
and rockets.
And last month,
two children lost their lives when a stack of fireworks exploded at a house at
Dalowal in Pakistan. The blast was followed by a fire, and neighbours said the
roof then collapsed before they could go in to help.
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