Sivakasi factory explosion

Sivakasi factory explosion
Date5 September 2012
LocationSivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India
Casualties
40 deaths
70 + injuries

The 2012 Sivakasi factory explosion was an explosion at the Om Sakthi Fireworks Industries fireworks factory in Sivakasi, India, on 5 September 2012. Forty people were killed and more than 70 were injured. The explosion occurred in a fireworks factory which did not have a valid licence.

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