Death Toll in Thrissur Fireworks Explosion Rises to 15

The death toll in the Mundathikode fireworks manufacturing unit explosion rose to 15 after its licensee succumbed to burn injuries on Friday.

Mundathikode Satheesh, who had suffered over 80 per cent burns in the April 21 incident, died in the burns ICU at Thrissur Medical College in the afternoon, police said. Satheesh had been associated with Thrissur Pooram fireworks for the past 14



years.

Officials from the College Police Station said that Satheesh was the license holder for the fireworks manufacturing unit at Mundathikode, where multiple explosions occurred on the afternoon of April 21. 

The unit had been preparing fireworks for Thiruvambadi Devaswom, one of the participating temples in the Thrissur Pooram scheduled to be held on April 26. Police said the condition of three more injured persons remains critical.