110 killed, 350 injured in India’s temple fire
Dushanbe, 11.04.2016. /NIAT “Khovar”/. At least 110 people were killed and more than 350 others injured in a massive fire that broke out during a fireworks display at a temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala early Sunday morning, a senior police official said.
“In fact, the fire started around 3 a.m. local time during the fireworks display at a ground next to the Puttingal temple in the state’s Kollam district, packed with 15,000 people attending a festival”, -source said.
While 110 people were killed, those injured have been admitted to various hospitals in Kollam and other nearby districts, where makeshifts air-conditioned camps have been set up, the official said, adding that the death toll may go up as the condition of some are said to be critical.