lucknow four persons including the owner of a shop dealing in fire crackers manufacturing works in itaunja suffered serious burns after a fire broke out due to a minor explosion in the shop on wednesday three of the injured persons were referred to civil hospital in hazratganj after the doctors attending them at the chc in itaunja found their condition as criticaldcp north qasim abidi however claimed that the injured persons were out of danger and they were being treatedhe said that the shop had a licence which is valid up to 2024 and is in the name of one arif of itaunja the dcp said that the police were checking the licence minutely and if the persons linked with firecrackers manufacturing work were found guilty on any count the law will deal with them strictly a special team has been constituted by the chief fire officer cfo lucknow which is looking into the reasons of the fire said the dcpas per reports amin of kheri iqrar and rehmat ali both of sitapur district work at the manufacturing unit all the fours including the shop owner arif were at the unit and arif was cleaning one of the walls on which gunpowder was stuck with a screwdriverwhile arif was rubbing the wall with the screwdriver a spark flew and fell over the sacks filled with gunpowder and firecrackers and a deafening explosion followed the explosion caused fire in the unit and all those present inside the unit were engulfed in the fire the rapidity of the explosion and fire could be gauged from the fact that all the four suffered burns until they came out of the unit said the dcp