An explosion of fireworks injures more than 150 people at a temple in India

An detonation of fireworks has injured much than 150 group during a belief show successful a temple successful confederate India

NEW DELHI -- A immense detonation of fireworks injured much than 150 group astatine a belief show successful a temple successful confederate India, a study said Tuesday.

The detonation occurred Monday nighttime erstwhile a fireworks retention installation adjacent Veerarkavu temple caught fire, nan Press Trust of India reported, citing nan police. It happened successful Kasargod, which is astir 580 kilometers (360 miles) northwest of Thiruvananthapuram, nan Kerala authorities capital,

The injured were treated astatine various hospitals successful Kasargod, Kannur, and Mangaluru districts. Eight of them had superior injuries.

There is simply a immense request successful India for firecrackers, which are utilized successful belief festivals and weddings. Fatal accidents hap astir each twelvemonth arsenic group activity successful makeshift factories without due information measures.

An detonation astatine a fireworks mill successful confederate India July past twelvemonth killed 8 people. In 2018, a monolithic occurrence astatine a firecracker mill successful New Delhi killed 17 workers. A twelvemonth earlier, a blast killed 23 group while they were making firecrackers successful a colony successful Madhya Pradesh authorities successful cardinal India.