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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2025 factory fire in Gujarat, India}}<br />
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| date = {{start date|df=yes|2025|04|01}}<br />
| place = near [[Deesa]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24|14|06|N|72|10|58|E|scale:100000_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| type = Explosion<br />
| cause = Highly flammable [[aluminium powder]]<br />
| reported deaths = 21<br />
| reported injuries = 6<br />
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On 1 April 2025, an explosion at a warehouse manufacturing [[fireworks]] in the suburbs of [[Deesa]], India, killed 21 of the 24 people inside of the building at the time of the incident. The warehouse, named Deepak Fatakda, had its license expire the previous year, and was not qualified to continue business. Highly reactive and cheap [[aluminium powder]] was found to be the cause in a forensic probe conducted in the incident's aftermath. An [[ex gratia]] payment was announced by Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in response.<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
The area of [[West Bengal]] has a history of firework factory incidents, killing 20 people before this event since 2023. Just the day before, eight people, four of whom were children, were killed after a family who had improperly stored fireworks in their home as a makeshift business had their supply explode.<ref name="Kumar"/> This larger incident took place the day after on 1 April 2025, where at least 21 workers were killed and six others were injured in an explosion at a [[firecracker]] [[warehouse]] on the suburbs of [[Deesa]] town in [[Banaskantha district]] in [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Seven children among 21 killed in Gujarat firecracker godown blast |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-firecracker-warehouse-fire-deaths-injured-9918065/ |work=The Indian Express |date=2 April 2025}}</ref> The business, called Deepak Fatakda, killed 21 of the 24 people in the building at the time of the explosion, eight of whom were children.<ref name="Kumar"/><br />
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In response, India's Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] announced an [[ex gratia]] payment of {{INRConvert|200000|lk=on|year=2025}} to the [[next of kin]] of the victims.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news |title=At least 21 killed as blast flattens illegal firecracker godown in Gujarat's Banaskantha |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gujarat/gujarat-factory-fire-april-1-2025/article69399394.ece |work=The Hindu |date=1 April 2025}}</ref> [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] [[Bhupendra Patel]] also announced a financial assistance of {{INRConvert|400000|year=2025}} to the families of the victims and {{INRConvert|50000|year=2025}} to the injured persons.<ref name="Deccan Herald">{{cite news |title=At least 20 feared dead after massive blast at firework factory in Gujarat |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/gujarat/at-least-20-feared-dead-after-massive-blast-at-firework-factory-in-gujarat-3471897 |work=Deccan Herald |date=1 April 2025}}</ref><br />
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A forensic probe confirmed that the blast was triggered by highly reactive [[aluminium powder]] present in the building.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kshatriya |first1=Dilip Singh |title=Aluminium powder triggered Gujarat warehouse explosion: Forensic probe |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Apr/03/aluminium-powder-triggered-gujarat-warehouse-explosion-forensic-probe |work=The New Indian Express |date=3 April 2025}}</ref> Furthermore, the business was not qualified to manufacture fireworks, having its license to do so expire in 2024.<ref name="Kumar">{{cite web |last1=Kumar |first1=Sanjay |title=29 dead in explosions at two illegal fireworks factories in India |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/29-dead-in-explosions-at-two-illegal-fireworks-factories-in-india/4021305.article |work=[[Royal Society of Chemistry]] |date=11 April 2025 |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref> As a result of the malpractice, the owners Khubchandbhai Mohnani and Deepakbhai Mohnani were arrested.<ref name="Kumar"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Disasters in India in 2025}}<br />
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[[Category:2020s in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:2025 disasters in India|Gujarat factory fire]]<br />
[[Category:April 2025 in India]]<br />
[[Category:Banaskantha district]]<br />
[[Category:Industrial fires and explosions in India]]<br />
[[Category:Fireworks accidents and incidents in India]]<br />
[[Category:2025 fires in Asia|Gulzar Houz fire]]<br />
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