**Bhubaneswar:** Seven children were injured in a cracker explosion in Sanadahadi village under Kuradhia panchayat here in Balasore district on Sunday.
The explosion happens to be the second such incident in the district in a short span of only four days.
The injured were rushed to the district headquarter hospital. One of the injured is said to be in critical condition.
Reason behind the explosion is yet to be ascertained.
Earlier in a similar incident, ten persons, including a minor, were killed and seven injured in a massive blast at a firecracker manufacturing unit inside a house in Bahabalpur village in the district.