Three members of a family died after a pile of crackers exploded in a house in Uttar Pradesh.
Three members of a family were killed early today in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad when a stockpile of crackers kept for Diwali suddenly exploded in a house, police said.
The powerful blast in Rasoolpur area also left three others critically injured, while several nearby houses were damaged.
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Superintendent of Police Aparna HS said that the explosion took place in a makeshift house on an open plot, where the crackers were being manufactured illegally and stored, without a license.
The dead were identified as Devi Singh (45), his wife Guddi (43) and daughter Rekha (17).
A probe has been ordered into the fire.u00a0
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