What the records say
- When
- 5 Sep 2012
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 9.45° N, 77.80° E
- Description
- Explosion at an unlicensed fireworks factory
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A firecracker factory explodes near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, killing 54 and injuring 50.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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