Four persons have been killed when a firecracker factory in West Bengal's Murshidabad district caught fire, police said on Saturday.
The firecracker-manufacturing factory at Ballia village under Khargram police station caught fire last night, they said.
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Two persons were killed at the spot while two others succumbed to injuries at hospital, they said.
Police suspect that the fire may have started from a lighted bidi or a cigarette.
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