112 Killed in Kerala temple fire |
Rescue officials on April 11 sifted through a Hindu temple in southern India where at least 112 people died and 380 injured when a fireworks display — an unauthorized pyrotechnic display that went horribly wrong — swept through a temple packed with thousands for a religious festival.Scores of devotees ran in panic as the massive initial blast cut off power in the complex, while other explosions sent flames and debris raining down. Many people were trapped.The fire started when a spark from the fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks stored in the temple complex.
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