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20 hurt in cracker accident in Haveri

HUBLI: Twenty persons were injured when crackers were burst at a “jatra” of goddess Dyamavva” at Kanavalli in Haveri district early on Wednesday.

A large number of people from various villages in Haveri and Gadag districts had come to participate in the jatra.

“I was standing at a distance of around 100 feet enjoying the show. Experts had come from Arsikere to conduct the show.

The accident occurred when a variety of firecrackers was lit.

Instead of going in the air, they exploded in the ground and before I could realise what had happened, I experienced severe pain in my legs and was bleeding,” Kenchappa Shambanna Vaddar (21) of Kanavalli said here on Wednesday.

He has been admitted to the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital .

He and eight others who suffered severe burns had been brought to KIMS Hospital for treatment.

The injuries to Prabhaiah Holebasaiah Mannurmath of Sooranagi village in Shirahatti taluk of Gadag district were comparatively less severe.

“The incident occurred around 3.30 a.m.,” he said.

According to hospital sources, the injured are out of danger. Although sacrificing animals during jatras has been banned, a buffalo was sacrificed at the jatra.

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