4 persons were killed and 6 others injured when fire crackers and explosives stored in a house caught fire accidently at Peddaellamelli in Unguturu mandal in the West Godavari district on Tuesday.
According to sources, the 4 victims' bodies are yet to be identified, as they are charred beyond recognition. All the 6 injured have been shifted to the Government General Hospital in Tadepalligudem. Among the injured, the condition of a few victims is stated to be critical.
The crackers caught fire accidently at a cracker-manufacturing unit in a house in the morning hours, and fire spread to 4 surrounding houses, reducing property worth lakhs of rupees, into ashes.
Fire tenders from Tadepalligudem were pressed into service to put off the fire. The exact reason for the fire mishap is yet to be ascertained.
The fire sources are estimating the loss to the property, and police have registered a case.