Police officials conduct a search operation after a blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit on April 21, 2026, night, at Mundathicode in central Kerala’s Thrissur district, on April 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office said on Wednesday (April 22, 2026) that the district authorities in Thrissur have identified the bodies of three more persons killed in the explosion at a fireworks manufacturing unit at Mundathikode on Tuesday (April 21, 2026).

The CMO said the bodies of Sudharshanan, 54, a resident of Vennur; Vasudevan, 54, a resident of Kalloor in Palakkad; and Suvin, 39, a resident of Kundanoor in Thrissur, have been identified.

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The district authorities have handed over the victims’ bodies to their relatives, the CMO added.