In just a day after the devastating blast at an illegal firecracker storage warehouse in Kho Nagoriyan area in Jaipur that claimed lives of 8 people, cops sealed a similar illegal firecracker warehouse in the same locality. After the tragic incident on Tuesday, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Ranjeeta Sharma launched a survey in the Kho Nagoriyan area, and another unauthorized firecracker manufacturing warehouse was identified and sealed. Sharma said, “The factory has been sealed and all explosive material found on the premises has been confiscated.”

Police Launch Manhunt for Warehouse Operators

FIR of yesterday’s incident has been filed, currently police are looking for the owners of both the illegal warehouses and also those who rented the house. This new warehouse that was sealed on Wednesday morning is situated in Ayesha Nagar Talai Colony in Khoh Nagoriyan. In order to trace the people behind the warehouses, a police team has been dispatched to New Delhi and Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh. Bodies of the victims of the warehouse incident that happened yesterday have been handed over to families, in some cases DNA testing was done to establish identities.

After the incident, there was outrage among local residents, who alleged that the illegal firecracker was operating barely 1 kilometer away from the nearest police station. Responding to the allegation, DCP Ranjeeta Sharma said that an internal inquiry has been initiated and strict action will be taken against those found guilty. After yesterday’s incident authorities have intensified inspections to tack down illegal factories. And police have warned of taking strict action against those operating firecracker warehouses illegally.

8 killed in massive fire at firecracker warehouse

In a tragic incident in the Kho Nagoriyan area of Jaipur, 8 killed, including a child, after a massive fire broke out in an illegal firecracker factory on Tuesday morning. The factory was located near an ITI College in the Ayesha Nagar Talai area. In the tragic incident three died on the spot, while five individuals succumbed during treatment at SMS hospital in Jaipur. Those who died include Mohammad Ashraf (40), resident of Peerji Colony Dhundhiyo ki Dhani Kho Nagoriyan, Mohammad Rabbil (16), Rahim Nagar resident Abdul Wahid (46), Samir Khan (20), Bilal (28), Azim (18) and Nasir Khan (25).

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