Toll in cracker blast rises to four, Stalin announces solatium
26-Apr-2025 03:24 PM 3794
Chennai, Apr 26 (Reporter) The toll in Friday night's cracker blast at Omalur in Salem district rose to four with the death of one more person, even as Chief Minister M K Stalin announced a solatium of Rs three lakh each to their family members. An official release said three people Selvaraj (29), Tamilselvan and Karthi (both aged 11) were killed on the spot. On Saturday, one more person, identified as Lokesh (20), who had sustained serious injuries, succumbed to burns at the at the Salem Government Medical College hospital. Mr Stalin expressed deep anguish and grief over their deaths and announced the relief from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund and also offered his condolences to their families. The crackers, stacked in a gunny sack, were being taken to a temple festival in a two-wheeler when the tragedy occurred. The victims were crossing a garbage dump which was burning when a spark from it triggered the explosion, in which three people were charred to death on the spot and one more succumbing to injuries today...////...
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