Massive blasts, then a gruesome search: Days ahead of Thrissur Pooram, fireworks tragedy kills 14 in Kerala
Indian Express·2h ago·Fear
What Happened
At least 14 people died in two massive explosions at a fireworks assembly unit in Thrissur, Kerala on Tuesday afternoon. Workers were preparing sample fireworks for the Thrissur Pooram festival scheduled for Friday. The tragedy occurred just two days after a similar explosion in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar killed 23 people. Search operations shifted from rescue to retrieval by evening.
Key Entities
ThrissurKeralaThrissur PooramMundathicodeVirudhunagarTamil Nadu