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AP: Lightning strikes firecrackers making unit, killed

Kakinada, Oct 30 (UNI) Two women workers were killed, and five others were injured after lightning struck a firecracker-making unit on the outskirts of Surya Rao Palem village, in Undrajavaram mandal in East Godavari district on Wednesday.
Police said that when firecrackers were being made, lightning struck a coconut tree located on the premises of the unit, resulting in the firecrackers exploding killing two women on the spot.
While, five women were injured in the incident, who were admitted to the GGH at Nidadavole.
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