In a major pre-Diwali accident, ten persons were killed and ten more wounded in a cracker blast at Vakatippa village in East Godavari district on Monday, according to authorities. There was a huge explosion in a house where the crackers were being manufactured and ten died on the sport. The injured were brought here to the Government General hospital for treatment. It was not clear whether the cottage cracker unit had a licence.

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