October 17, 2009 8:27 AM

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32 killed in TN cracker shop blast

In a tragic Diwali-eve incident last evening, 32 people were killed in a fire following a blast in a makeshift-cracker shop in Pallipattu town, west of Chennai. Police sources said, a blast ripped through the godown when villagers were buying crackers and the entire structure caved in. The blast was so powerful, that a nearby electric transformer burst, snapping power to nearly 50 surrounding villages. The Tamil Nadu fire services director Mr. Natraj

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