A 24-year-old daily labourer is battling for life after a firecracker burst in Vyasarpadi on Saturday night.

A senior official of the City police said Udayakumar was a resident of  Pulianthope. On Saturday he went to his relative’s house on Sundaram Street in Vyasarpadi to attend a funeral function where he consumed alcohol.

While being in an intoxicated condition he tried to burst a country-made firecracker. As it did not explode properly, Udayakumar picked up the firecracker when it burst causing burn injuries on the face and body.

He has been admitted in the  Stanley Government Hospital and is undergoing treatment.