Death toll from firecrackers factory blast rises to 22 in India

Rescuers work at the site of an explosion at a fireworks factory at Batala in Gurdaspur district of the northern Indian state of Punjab, Sept. 4, 2019. The death toll in Wednesday's blast at a firecrackers factory raised to 22, as around 20 others were injured in India's northern state of Punjab, local officials told Xinhua over phone. (Str/Xinhua)