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Infobox News event |date=5 September 2012 |place=Sivakasi, casualties1=40 deaths ()], India on 5 September 2012. 40 people were killed and more than 70 injured. The tragedy occurred in a fireworks factory which did not have a valid licence. ==Background== Sivakasi, in Tamil Nadu in southern India, is considered the "fireworks capital" of India. The town produces more than 90% of India's fireworks and India is the second largest producer of fireworks in the world, next to China.〔(''Sivakasi: India's dangerous fireworks capital '' ) (BBC News, 22 September 2012)〕 More than 700 factories in Sivakasi make approximately $360 million worth of fireworks every year.〔(''Safety Problems Persist in India’s Firecracker Industry'' ) by Anupama Chandrasekaran (New York Times, 8 September 2012)〕 The Om Sakthi Fireworks Industries complex consisted of a single larger factory unit and 48 ancillary units. The company's fireworks license had been suspended only days earlier for violation of worker safety rules. Local police officials stated that the factory should have been closed at the time, owing to the suspension.〔(''Blaze at India fireworks factory "kills 34"'' ) (BBC News, 5 September 2012)〕 Instead, more than 300 people were working in the facility when the explosion occurred.〔(''Sivakasi factory fire: 54 charred to death in the incident'' ) (The Times of India, 5 September 2012)〕 With the Hindu festival of Diwali only weeks away, fireworks producers were reportedly under pressure to maintain high production levels.〔〔(''Sivakasi fire: 12 arrested, hunt on for owner'' ) (Hindustan Times, 6 September 2012)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sivakasi factory explosion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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