13 injured by firecrackers in Khatima on Diwali, six referred to higher centre; rocket sets fire to three huts on a restaurant roof in Kashipur's Nijhra, no casualties

Thirteen people were injured by firecrackers at different places in the Khatima area during fireworks from the evening of Diwali (Sunday, November 8) till late at night. According to Dainik Jagran, all were brought to the Khatima sub-district hospital, where six were referred to a higher centre after first aid because their condition was serious, and the rest were discharged. The injured are from Chakarpur, Degree College Road, Rajeevnagar, Charubeta, Kanjabagh, Banbasa, Pachauria and Chandravatika. Meanwhile, in Nijhra village of Kashipur, a rocket went into a family restaurant on Diwali night and started a fire. According to Amar Ujala, Fire Officer Shyam Singh said the call came at 10:38 pm; the fire was in three huts built on the restaurant's roof, and local people put it out before the fire unit arrived. A fire in a house at Parmanandpur in Kashipur was also put out by people before the fire unit got there. No one was hurt at either place.