Puri: Two patients who sustained burn injuries in the firecracker explosion incident in Puri on May 29 evening were released from the SCB Medical College and Hospital.
Presently 15 patients are undergoing treatment in different hospitals and no casualty was reported so far on Monday. A total of 13 persons died due to the accident, it added.
“Two injured persons – Balram Das (5) and Manmohan Behera (24) – were discharged from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack today. Previously, 6 persons were discharged on the advice of the doctors. At present, 15 patients are under treatment in different hospitals,” the Health Department said. No further casualties have been reported, it added.
Three persons had initially died while 30 were injured in the explosion in a firecracker stockpile during the religious event on May 29. The toll mounted to six on Friday as 3 more injured succumbed to the burns while another three died on Saturday. Four more succumbed to burns on Sunday, taking the total to 13. The deceased include an 18-month-old baby boy, a four-year-old girl, a six-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy. The others are in the age group of 15-38 years.
Meanwhile, police have detained four men from Nimapara area in connection with the incident. They had allegedly supplied huge quantities of crackers to some locals, who had illegally stored them at the festival venue where hundreds of people had gathered to watch Chandan Yatra that evening.
Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu is expected to visit the special circuit house in Puri on June 5 and conduct an inquiry into the lapses that led to the fire mishap during the fireworks display.
