Twenty-one people, including 10 women and six minors, were killed and another 35 injured on Friday in a major blaze in a firecracker factory in Jalgaon in Maharashtra.

The fire broke out around 5 pm on Friday at the Savitri Fire Works Company at Parola, around 60 km from here, police said. The factory is owned by the chief of Jalgaon Municipal Council Govind Shirole.