India temple fire: 105 killed in fireworks disaster

[WhiteTara]

Source: cnn

Kollam, India (CNN)The disaster came too quickly for Bhadran to understand what had just happened.

One moment, he and two friends were celebrating at a local temple festival in the southern Indian city of Kollam. Minutes later, his two friends were dead.

"I did not know what happened," said the 62-year-old, who gave only one name. "There was a huge fireball, and it was all over in five minutes. Once I reached the ground, there were dead bodies all around."

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Officials said a fireworks display exploded during the temple festival. Sparks from the display ignited a magazine of fireworks, causing a larger blaze, local police official K. Laljy said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/10/asia/india-temple-fire/

[Warpy]

1. Now "over 110." It could go higher as they clear rubble

The first part of this is a little blurry, but shows how horrific it was.

[WhiteTara]

2. that must have been a huge cache of fireworks

for them to keep exploding for so long. That is quite the video. Thanks for posting.

[truthisfreedom]

3. I won't watch it.

I can't watch that many people die.

[RAAVAN]

4. Another Bad Day

A bad day in the history of India which keeps on piling, despite the attempt of the Supreme Court to not allow the firecrackers after time , but what now everybody gets a lesson to learn from this tragedy , now people will use crackers moderately or not all.