1 killed, 6 injured as hand-made crackers explode while carrying on scooter

A man was killed after a sack of hand-made firecrackers he was carrying on his scooter on the day of Diwali exploded in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru district. The man driving the scooter and five other people were also injured in the blast.

The explosion occurred when a sack of 'onion bombs', being transported on a Honda Activa scooter, detonated after the vehicle hit a pothole, causing the firecrackers to shift and trigger a blast.