Vetlapalem (Andhra Pradesh), March 1 The death toll from the cracker unit explosion here in the Kakinada district rose by one overnight, reaching 21, an official said on Sunday.
Twenty people, including nine women, were killed and nine more were critically injured in the powerful blast at a licensed cracker unit in the Vetlapalem village of the Samarlakota mandal on Saturday.
"The death toll is 21. One death occurred after midnight," the official told
