Chief Minister M K Stalin expressed anguish over the deaths and conveyed his condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families.
The CM said he has ordered officials to ensure special care to the four injured workers, now being treated at the Virudhunagar Government Medical College Hospital.
A solatium of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the two dead workers has been ordered.
Also, the grievously injured will get one lakh each and those who sustained minor injuries Rs 50,000 each. The firecracker unit functioned from Vadakarai village under Kariyapatti taluk of Virudhunagar district. PTI VGN VGN ROH