10 killed, 15 injured in Indian fireworks factory fire

NEW DELHI — Ten people were killed and 15 were injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in southern India on Saturday, police said.

The explosion was caused by a fire inside the factory in Virudhunagar district, about 569 kilometers southwest of Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu state, police officer Feroze Khan Abdullah said, but the cause of the fire was not immediately known.

"Ten workers died in the blast that followed a fire incident in the factory, and five of the 15 injured have been hospitalized."