<p>The death toll from a house explosion in Loni area here rose to five after two more people succumbed during treatment, police said on Friday.</p>.<p> Imran (16), Aleena (12) and Alisha (10) were killed in the September 23 incident that happened in a two-storey house near Roopnagar colony, they said.</p>.<p> Of the injured, Mehwish (40) died in the GTB Hospital on Tuesday while Geeta (27), of Delhi’s Karwal Colony, succumbed on Thursday, ACP (Loni) Rajneesh Upadhyay said on Friday.</p>.<p> The other injured -- Shaista (40), Norrie (18) and Fardeen (18) -- are in critical condition and undergoing treatment at the hospital, police said.</p>.<p> After the blast, a special drive was launched following the orders of Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra to unearth the illegal firecracker units which are being run without licence.</p>.<p> The ACP said at the time of the explosion, workers were making illegal firecrackers in the factory of Sharik.</p>.<p> He got an order from utensils trader Vikas Goel of Farukhnagar town, who was supplying firecrackers to shopkeepers of Delhi’s Sadar Bazar, Upadhyay said.</p>.<p> Apart from this Goel was supplying explosives and other raw material to Arshad for making firecrackers in Loni, he said.</p>.<p> Sharik and Vikas Goel were arrested on September 25, the ACP said.</p>.<p> Meanwhile, DCP rural Vivek Chand Yadav had earlier said house owner Shakeel had rented out his house to Sharik in which daily wage labourers were making firecrackers.</p>.<p> As per the statement of the victim's family member, a cooking gas cylinder exploded while they were cooking food at around 11.30 am in their house on Saturday.</p>.<p> The neighbours told the police that the house which collapsed was used for making illegal firecrackers. </p>
<p>The death toll from a house explosion in Loni area here rose to five after two more people succumbed during treatment, police said on Friday.</p>.<p> Imran (16), Aleena (12) and Alisha (10) were killed in the September 23 incident that happened in a two-storey house near Roopnagar colony, they said.</p>.<p> Of the injured, Mehwish (40) died in the GTB Hospital on Tuesday while Geeta (27), of Delhi’s Karwal Colony, succumbed on Thursday, ACP (Loni) Rajneesh Upadhyay said on Friday.</p>.<p> The other injured -- Shaista (40), Norrie (18) and Fardeen (18) -- are in critical condition and undergoing treatment at the hospital, police said.</p>.<p> After the blast, a special drive was launched following the orders of Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra to unearth the illegal firecracker units which are being run without licence.</p>.<p> The ACP said at the time of the explosion, workers were making illegal firecrackers in the factory of Sharik.</p>.<p> He got an order from utensils trader Vikas Goel of Farukhnagar town, who was supplying firecrackers to shopkeepers of Delhi’s Sadar Bazar, Upadhyay said.</p>.<p> Apart from this Goel was supplying explosives and other raw material to Arshad for making firecrackers in Loni, he said.</p>.<p> Sharik and Vikas Goel were arrested on September 25, the ACP said.</p>.<p> Meanwhile, DCP rural Vivek Chand Yadav had earlier said house owner Shakeel had rented out his house to Sharik in which daily wage labourers were making firecrackers.</p>.<p> As per the statement of the victim's family member, a cooking gas cylinder exploded while they were cooking food at around 11.30 am in their house on Saturday.</p>.<p> The neighbours told the police that the house which collapsed was used for making illegal firecrackers. </p>