7 firecracker businesses destroyed by fire, 9 injured in UP

Mathura, 12 Nov (HS): A fire broke out at a business and spread to six others in Gopalbagh, on the outskirts of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura city, on Sunday, injuring nine persons, according to a police officer. “Seven firecracker shops in the Gopalbagh area caught fire. Burn injuries were sustained by nine persons. The fire appears to have been started by an electrical short circuit,? according to Raya police station SHO Ajay Kishor. He also stated that the seven stores were permitted to sell fireworks.