A 45-year-old man and his 12-year-old son died due to burn injuries, and two workers were injured after fire broke out in his cracker shop near Amballur village in Vaniyambadi on Sunday.
Chennai, Feb 12 (BPNS)
A 45-year-old man and his 12-year-old son died due to burn injuries, and two workers were injured after fire broke out in his cracker shop near Amballur village in Vaniyambadi on Sunday.
Police said R. Kumar, a resident of Natrampalli town, owned a firecracker shop in the village for the past few years. He opened the shop along with his son, K. Dayalamurthy (12), on Sunday.
His workers in the shop, R. Velayudham (57) and S. Raman (36), both residents of Ambur taluk, were arranging the firecrackers in the shop.
When a few customers asked for some crackers, Mr. Kumar and his son went inside the shop where suddenly crackers burst into flames and spread to other parts of the shop.
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