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The fire, which was reportedly caused by a short circuit, destroyed crackers worth about Rs 20 lakh. Four two-wheelers were also gutted.
The entire field was engulfed in thick smoke, causing a near stampede. Nine persons, who were selling crackers, sustained burns.
Exposing the lapse of the district administration, which had allotted the field for the cracker market, the sellers alleged there was no arrangement of fire brigade or even fire extinguisher in the area. The fire brigade reached there very late, they said.
The injured were rushed to the SRN hospital where condition of a boy was stated to be critical.
Later, the district administration officials and police officers reached the spot.
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