Ahmedabad: A search for discarded firecrackers ended with three boys being injured in a blast at an open dump in Vanch village on Thursday. Police said one of the boys may have triggered the explosion by throwing a cracker into the waste. A 14-year-old suffered severe burns, while two others sustained injuries to their hands. Police are now tracing the source of the material.The boys, aged between 13 and 15, are residents of nearby Gatrad village. They were reportedly looking for firecrackers in discarded material lying near a water channel when the blast occurred.The 14-year-old suffered burns to his face, hands and legs and was admitted to the burns ward of Civil Hospital in Asarwa. The other two boys were given primary treatment.Vivekanandnagar police said one of the boys told them that he had thrown a cracker into the dump, triggering an explosion among the material. “We have registered a station diary entry and begun an investigation. We will probe who dumped the explosive waste in the open,” said inspector P D Parmar.
Three boys were injured in a blast at a dump where firecracker waste was discarded in Vanch village on Thursday, November 6
Residents alleged that firecracker manufacturing units in Vanch had been dumping production waste in open areas accessible to residents, posing a risk to children and others. Police are probing whether any of the 40 to 50 firecracker manufacturing units in the area were responsible for the discarded material.Vanch has witnessed fatal firecracker-related accidents in the past. Two separate factory incidents in 2024 claimed two lives. In July 2026, a blast at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Ramol killed 10 people, including four children.
