Tamil Nadu: Death toll in Sivakasi fire mishap rises to nine

The toll in the October 20 fireworks mishap in Sivakasi rose to nine, with a doctor succumbing to his injuries on Monday, police said. Janakiraman, a doctor at the scan centre, situated close to the cracker shop, died at a private hospital in Madurai on Monday, police said, adding he had been in coma for the last few days.

On October 20, eight people, including six women, were killed in a fire cracker mishap in Sivakasi. The mishap had occurred when a fire broke out while crackers were being offloaded from a vehicle to a cracker shop, resulting in its spreading and affecting a nearby scan centre.