Seven workers, including five women, were killed and three others injured in a fire at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), Sivakasi on Thursday. Police gave this information.

Police and fire service personnel took the injured to the government hospital in Sivakasi. A senior police officer said that the condition of one of the injured is very serious and the cause of the fire is being ascertained.

Around 10 employees were working at the private firecracker manufacturing unit located at Sengamalapatti near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district when the explosion took place in the afternoon, he said.