India temple firework explosion injures over 150
The Peninsula
Mumbai: Indian police detained two people Tuesday after atemplefireworks show erupted into a ferocious explosion, leaving almost a hundred people in h...
Mumbai: Indian police detained two people Tuesday after a temple fireworks show erupted into a ferocious explosion, leaving almost a hundred people in hospital, eight in a critical condition.
Hundreds were crowded around a Hindu temple at Nileshwaram in the southern state of Kerala on Monday evening to watch the fireworks, videos posted by Indian newspapers showed.
VIDEO | Kerala: Over 150 people were injured, including eight seriously, in a fireworks accident during a temple festival near Neeleswaram, #Kasargod, late on Monday. The injured have been taken to various hospitals in Kasargod, Kannur, and Mangaluru.#KeralaNews #Kerala… pic.twitter.com/jGcrSxi31i
Then, from inside a building, a surge of crackles can be heard, before a powerful ball of flame surges high into the sky.
