At least 110 persons were killed and over 350 injured after a fire broke
out at the Paravur Puttingal Devi temple around 3:30 a.m on Sunday. The
fireworks ceremony was held as part of the annual festival of the
temple, near Kollam.
Over 100 victims are admitted to the district hospital in Kollam. Many
of the injured died before they could reach a hospital. Victims were
also admitted to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital and at
various private hospitals in Kollam.
The explosion was caused when the storehouse of the fireworks materials
caught fire. In the impact of the explosion, the office building of the
Travancore Devaswom Board near the storehouse was blown off.
Sparks which flew from the fireworks on display landed on the storehouse
and caused the explosion, preliminary reports say. There is a district
level ban on pyrotechnics at temples but these are held on the basis of
temporary permits annually. Such permits are given on religious
tradition grounds.
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