Kerala Fireworks Explosion

About 360 kg of gunpowder, suspected to have been abandoned after being brought for a ritual fireworks display which has been recently banned, was on Saturday seized from a forest near the famed Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala.

The explosion that ricocheted through a Kerala temple and the flames that swept through the area while thousands of devotees were gathered has been recorded on a video that shows the moment a large fireworks display turned into a disaster.

When a lavish fireworks display began at a Kerala temple, officials who govern the famous shrine devoted to Puttingal Devi, an incarnation of the Goddess Kali, were in violation of a series of laws. The lapses have left more than 100 people dead.

The last 30 seconds of a fireworks display at a temple in Kerala's Kollam that turned into a mammoth tragedy, killing more than 100 people and injuring nearly 400, have been recorded on camera. Local channels have been playing this video, which emerged today.

In a fireworks factory tragedy that has shaken the state again, six persons were charred to death in an explosion at a cracker unit at Mulamkunnathukavu, near here, on Wednesday.

About 360 kg of gunpowder, suspected to have been abandoned after being brought for a ritual fireworks display which has been recently banned, was on Saturday seized from a forest near the famed Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala.

The explosion that ricocheted through a Kerala temple and the flames that swept through the area while thousands of devotees were gathered has been recorded on a video that shows the moment a large fireworks display turned into a disaster.

When a lavish fireworks display began at a Kerala temple, officials who govern the famous shrine devoted to Puttingal Devi, an incarnation of the Goddess Kali, were in violation of a series of laws. The lapses have left more than 100 people dead.

The last 30 seconds of a fireworks display at a temple in Kerala's Kollam that turned into a mammoth tragedy, killing more than 100 people and injuring nearly 400, have been recorded on camera. Local channels have been playing this video, which emerged today.

In a fireworks factory tragedy that has shaken the state again, six persons were charred to death in an explosion at a cracker unit at Mulamkunnathukavu, near here, on Wednesday.