Patna, July 24 (UNI) Three persons were killed while four others were injured in an explosion in Bihar’s Saran district on Sunday afternoon. The explosion took place in the house of a person named Riyaz Mian in Khodaibagh village under Khaira police station, where firecrackers were kept in large quantities. Riyaz Mian is a firecracker trader, who allegedly sold crackers illegally during marriages. The explosion was so intense that his house was completely destroyed while cracks appeared in more than six ad- joining houses. The police and firemen have recovered three bodies from the debris, including a woman and a child, which are yet to be identified. According to the local police, five more persons are trapped inside the debris which could further increase the death toll.
3 dead, 4 injured in explosion in Bihar’s Saran
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