Firecracker From Balangir Wedding Procession Blows Up A Day Later, Injures Siblings

Balangir: A brother and sister were injured in a firecracker blast at Routmunda village under Tureikela block on Saturday.

Sources said the siblings were playing with a live firecracker when it went off accidentally, injuring them critically. The unexploded firecracker had been left on the road by a wedding procession the night before.

Residents rushed the injured siblings to a nearby hospital.