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Hundreds were crowded around a Hindu temple at Nileshwaram in the southern state of Kerala on the evening of Oct 28 to watch the fireworks, videos posted by Indian newspapers showed.<\/p>\n
Then, from inside a building, a surge of crackles could be heard, before a powerful ball of flame surged high into the sky.<\/p>\n
\u201cAround eight people are critical, and around 154 have been reported injured, out of which 97 people are admitted in hospital,\u201d local police chief Shilpa Dyavaiah told AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey burst firecrackers very close to the place where they have stored the firecrackers,\u201d Ms Dyavaiah said, adding that sparks from the burst crackers reached the cache.<\/p>\n
Indian media reports, citing officials, said the blaze caused burns to the faces and hands of those in tightly packed crowd.<\/p>\n
Local government official K. Inbasekhar said no permission had been given for the fireworks show.<\/p>\n
The temple president and secretary had been taken into custody, The Hindu newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
Religious gatherings in India have a grim track record of deadly incidents caused by safety lapses and poor crowd management.<\/p>\n
In 2016, at least 112 people were killed after a huge explosion caused by a banned fireworks display at a temple marking the Hindu new year.<\/p>\n
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