An eight-year-old girl was severely injured on Monday after a live firecracker she chewed during play went off in her mouth at Duarasuni village in Keonjhar district, bordering Anandapur.
As a result of the incident, the girl has been identified as the daughter of Pakan Kudada, a resident of the village. The incident occurred while she was playing outside her house with her friends when she found a firecracker lying on the ground and swallowed it.
Nevertheless, the live firecracker exploded inside her mouth when she chewed it, leaving her critically injured. Her family and villagers rescued her and rushed her to Anandapur Sub-District Hospital in a 108-ambulance.
Her primary treatment was provided by doctors at the hospital, but her condition deteriorated and she was transferred to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Postgraduate Institute of Paediatrics (Sishu Bhawan) in Cuttack.