Minister for Textiles, Sugarcane Development and Sugar and Haveri district in-charge Shivanand Patil has said that a comprehensive inquiry will be ordered into the fire accident at a cracker warehouse near Haveri, in which the toll has gone up to four.
Speaking to presspersons after visiting the firecracker warehouse in Aladakatti village near Haveri on Wednesday, Mr. Patil said that it was an unfortunate incident and in order to prevent recurrence of such incidents, a uniform regulatory mechanism will be set up.
The Minister said that while four people have been killed in the fire accident, one injured person who is in a semi-conscious state is being shifted to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Bengaluru for further treatment. Two others have sustained minor injuries and the government will bear their medical expenses, he said and added that after a comprehensive inquiry, action will be taken against the guilty.
