Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out at a firecracker factory in the Helda region of India's **Bang Bang on the 6th and caused many times**. India** reported that the death toll rose to 11 and more than 100 wounded.
On February 6, smoke rose from a firecracker factory in the Helda district of Bang Bang, India. Xinhua News Agency.
TV footage shows that after the incident, a raging fire broke out in the factory, thick smoke billowed out, fire trucks rushed into the scene, and rescuers tried to rescue the people trapped in the factory.
At least 174 people were rescued and taken to hospital, with the death toll rising to 11, District Commissioner Pawan Kumar Sharma told India's AsiaNews International news agency. "We will see if there is a ...... of the remains of [the victims] under the rubble"Forty to 50 percent of the rubble has been cleared." ”
On February 6, a man injured in an accident at a firecracker factory in the Hurda district of Bang Hurda, India, was taken to hospital. Xinhua News Agency.
At the time of the incident, there were about 150 workers in the factory, according to a report in India. There was a stampede as they fled. ** caused the windows of nearby buildings to shatter, and some residents said they felt the shaking caused by **.
Mohammed Javed Ansari, who was accepted at the hospital, said: "When it happened, my bike started shaking and the ground was shaking ......I fell several times, and the rocks on the ground flew up and hit me. ”
This is the ruins of a building behind a firecracker factory photographed on February 6 in the Hirda district of Bang Hurda, India. Xinhua News Agency.
* State Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has ordered an investigation into the accident. According to India Today, Yadav blamed arson for the cause.
The office of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent condolences to the families of the victims, pledging to compensate the families of the victims and the injured. (Qiao Ying).