At least five people were killed in a Fire at a fireworks godown in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai. The incident happened at Thirumangalam in the Madurai district on Thursday.

According to the reports, the locals informed the police about the incident. Police officials, along with two fire tenders rushed to the spot immediately to douse the fire.

The senior police officer from the Sindupatty police station said the cause of the fire is yet to be known, however, prima facie states it to be an accidental fire.

Another official said the death toll may increase as the chances of more bodies being trapped inside the debris are higher. He said the debris is being cleared as they have heard that many bodies are dismembered. Identification of the deceased are difficult, he said.

The police said the investigation is currently underway.

Earlier today, eight Indians among ten people were killed after a fire broke out in a garage in the Maldives. The fire broke out in the M. Nirufehi area near the Maaveyo Mosque around 12:30 am, however, the cause of the fire is not known.

Earlier last month, a major fire broke out at an Amazon storage facility in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district. Several products, including, laptops, batteries and phones worth nearly Rs 6 lakh stored in the facility at the time of the accident, as well as office furniture, were destroyed in the fire.

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