Solapur (Maharashtra), Jan 1 (IANS) In a New Year Day tragedy, at least 5 persons are feared dead and 10 others injured when a major blast, followed by a fire, swept through a firecrackers factory at Barshi village on Maharashtra's Solapur on Sunday, officials said.Four fire tenders, and police and rescue teams have rushed to the spot for relief operations.Eyewitnesses said that a huge blast rocked the vicinity followed by flames in the unit, where at least 40 workers were engaged in making firecrackers there at the time.Locals claimed that at least 9 bodies were recovered from the site, but officials have not confirmed this.
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