• Indian medical officials and bystanders use a trolley to transport an injured man from a vehicle into a hospital in Paravur on April 10, after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A major explosion and fire swept through a temple in southern India killing more than 100 people after families and others had gathered for a fireworks display. AFP / STR
    Indian medical officials and bystanders use a trolley to transport an injured man from a vehicle into a hospital in Paravur on April 10, after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A major explosion and fire swept through a temple in southern India killing more than 100 people after families and others had gathered for a fireworks display. AFP / STR
  • People walk past debris after a fire broke out at a temple in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India. A huge fire swept through a temple in India’s southern Kerala state early on Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring over 200 gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year. Sivaram V / Reuters
    People walk past debris after a fire broke out at a temple in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India. A huge fire swept through a temple in India’s southern Kerala state early on Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring over 200 gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year. Sivaram V / Reuters
  • The fire started when a spark from the fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village. Sivaram V / Reuters
    The fire started when a spark from the fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village. Sivaram V / Reuters
  • People gather around a damaged section of a temple after a fire broke out at a temple in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India. A huge fire swept through a temple in India’s southern Kerala state early on Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring over 200 gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year. Sivaram V / Reuters
    People gather around a damaged section of a temple after a fire broke out at a temple in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India. A huge fire swept through a temple in India’s southern Kerala state early on Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring over 200 gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year. Sivaram V / Reuters
  • Indian medical officials and bystanders carry an injured man from a vehicle into a hospital in Paravur, after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala. AFP / STR
    Indian medical officials and bystanders carry an injured man from a vehicle into a hospital in Paravur, after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala. AFP / STR
  • Indian officials and bystanders gather beside a collapsed building as they try and rescue survivors after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur early April 10. A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India, killing more than 100 people after thousands gathered to watch an illegal fireworks display. AFP / STR
    Indian officials and bystanders gather beside a collapsed building as they try and rescue survivors after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur early April 10. A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India, killing more than 100 people after thousands gathered to watch an illegal fireworks display. AFP / STR
  • Indian officials gather beside a collapsed building as they try and rescue survivors after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur. AFP / STR
    Indian officials gather beside a collapsed building as they try and rescue survivors after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur. AFP / STR
  • Indian officials and bystanders gather beside a collapsed building as they try and rescue survivors after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur early April 10. A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India, killing more than 100 people after thousands gathered to watch an illegal fireworks display. AFP / STR
    Indian officials and bystanders gather beside a collapsed building as they try and rescue survivors after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur early April 10. A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India, killing more than 100 people after thousands gathered to watch an illegal fireworks display. AFP / STR
  • Indian officials and bystanders gather beside a collapsed building as they try and rescue survivors after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur early April 10. A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India, killing more than 100 people after thousands gathered to watch an illegal fireworks display. AFP / STR
    Indian officials and bystanders gather beside a collapsed building as they try and rescue survivors after an explosion and fire at The Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur early April 10. A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India, killing more than 100 people after thousands gathered to watch an illegal fireworks display. AFP / STR
  • People gather inside the compound after a fire broke out at a temple in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India. A huge fire swept through a temple in India’s southern Kerala state early on Sunday, killing more than 100 80 people and injuring over 200 gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year. Sivaram V / Reuters
    People gather inside the compound after a fire broke out at a temple in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India. A huge fire swept through a temple in India’s southern Kerala state early on Sunday, killing more than 100 80 people and injuring over 200 gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year. Sivaram V / Reuters
  • A couple stands next to a picture of a Hindu deity after a fire broke out at a temple in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India. Sivaram V / Reuters
    A couple stands next to a picture of a Hindu deity after a fire broke out at a temple in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India. Sivaram V / Reuters

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More than 100 killed in massive fire at Indian temple - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

April 10, 2016

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A massive fire broke out during a fireworks display in a Hindu temple in south India early Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring at least 250 others, a top official said. The fire started when a spark from the fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village, a few hours north of Kerala’s state capital of Thiruvananthapuram.

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