Patna, Oct 24: Four people, including a child, were killed and three others critically injured in a building collapse triggered by a cracker explosion at Bhagalpur, police said here today. A fire broke out when crackers at a dealer's shop suddenly burst leading to collapse of the building in a busy Kajwali Chowk locality late last night, they said. Four bodies, believed to be those of workers engaged in cracker manufacturing, were extricated from the debris early today, police said. The three people who suffered injuries were admitted to a local hospital where their condition was stated to be critical.



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