LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least seven people have died and several others have been injured by an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in northern India.

Police official Arun Kumar says the explosion happened late Monday in Auriya, a small town in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. At the time, employees were working overtime packing the last batches of fireworks before the Hindu festival of Diwali on Tuesday.

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