PERNEM
Fireworks used to usher in the New Year are believed to have caused a fire that destroyed a plantation and a number of trees at Junas Wada in Mandrem.
According to reports, a large number of fireworks were set off along the coast in the Mandrem constituency at the stroke of midnight.
Some fireworks are believed to have caused a fire that destroyed a plantation and a number of trees at Junas Wada in Mandrem. Local youths were seen running to the site with water in a bid to extinguish the fire. Locals and environmentalists have criticised the reckless use of fireworks, which caused the destruction of trees and a plantation.
