NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out at a firecracker factory on the northern outskirts of the Indian capital on Saturday, killing at least 17 workers, a fire official said.
The official K.C. Gupta said a dozen fire engines took three hours to douse the fire in the Bawana industrial area of New Delhi.
Gupta said 17 bodies have been recovered so far and one injured worker has been hospitalized. A search operation was continuing for any more workers trapped in the two-story structure gutted by the blaze.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
There are fatal accidents nearly every year in India as people work in makeshift factories in the absence of proper safety standards.
In June of last year, 23 workers were killed when a blast occurred while they were producing firecrackers in Kheri village in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. The explosion triggered a blaze that engulfed the factory before firefighters put it out.
India has a huge demand for firecrackers, which are used in religious festivals and weddings.
Factories start producing firecrackers months before the nation’s biggest Hindu festivals when people set them off in celebration.
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Blaze at firecracker factory outside Indian capital kills 17
Blaze at firecracker factory outside Indian capital kills 17
Man convicted of attempting to kill Trump faces sentence
- Ryan Routh was convicted in September of trying to kill then-candidate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course
WASHINGTON: A man faces up to life in prison Wednesday over his attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course just months before the US presidential election in 2024.
Ryan Routh, 59, was convicted in September of trying to kill then-candidate Trump, the second attempt on the billionaire’s life in the run-up to the vote that brought him back to the White House.
In September 2024, Secret Service agents chased Routh away after spotting him with a weapon near the golf course where Trump was playing. He was arrested shortly afterwards.
At the end of his trial, Routh tried to stab himself with a pen, but guards intervened to stop him.
“Routh’s crimes undeniably warrant a life sentence — he took steps over the course of months to assassinate a major presidential candidate, demonstrated the will to kill anybody in the way, and has since expressed neither regret nor remorse to his victims,” prosecutors argued in a court filing, according to ABC News.
“Routh’s crimes of conviction reflect careful plotting, extensive premeditation, and a cowardly disregard for human life,” they wrote.
Routh defended himself during his trial, pleading not guilty and claiming that he never intended to harm Trump or anyone else.
Trump was also the target of an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024, when Thomas Matthew Crooks fired several shots during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. One of them grazed Trump’s right ear.
Ryan Routh, 59, was convicted in September of trying to kill then-candidate Trump, the second attempt on the billionaire’s life in the run-up to the vote that brought him back to the White House.
In September 2024, Secret Service agents chased Routh away after spotting him with a weapon near the golf course where Trump was playing. He was arrested shortly afterwards.
At the end of his trial, Routh tried to stab himself with a pen, but guards intervened to stop him.
“Routh’s crimes undeniably warrant a life sentence — he took steps over the course of months to assassinate a major presidential candidate, demonstrated the will to kill anybody in the way, and has since expressed neither regret nor remorse to his victims,” prosecutors argued in a court filing, according to ABC News.
“Routh’s crimes of conviction reflect careful plotting, extensive premeditation, and a cowardly disregard for human life,” they wrote.
Routh defended himself during his trial, pleading not guilty and claiming that he never intended to harm Trump or anyone else.
Trump was also the target of an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024, when Thomas Matthew Crooks fired several shots during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. One of them grazed Trump’s right ear.
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