Vetlapalem (Andhra Pradesh), March 5 The death toll from the explosion at the firecracker unit in the Kakinada district has risen to 28, an official said on Thursday.
As many as 20 people, including nine women, were killed, while nine others sustained critical injuries in a powerful explosion at a licensed firecracker manufacturing unit in the Vetlapalem village of Samarlakota mandal on February 28.
"Two more persons died today, bringing the total to 28," Kakinada District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO) J Narasimha Nayak told
