Agra, Sep 13 - At least two people were killed in a blast in a fireworks manufacturing factory in a village near this Uttar Pradesh city Sunday morning, police said.

The accident occurred in the Nagla Gola village, 20 km from Agra, around 9 Sunday morning.

'The whole area around the small factory was devastated and the bodies of the two workers were blown into pieces,' a police officer said.

'A case has been registered,' he added.