{"id":42398,"date":"2016-04-10T08:02:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T02:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42398"},"modified":"2016-04-10T08:02:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T02:32:56","slug":"kerala-temple-fire-102-dead-280-injured-temple-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kerala-temple-fire-102-dead-280-injured-temple-fire","title":{"rendered":"Kerala temple fire: 102 dead, 280 injured in temple fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/Puttingal-Devi-Temple-complex.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42399\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" data-attachment-id=\"42399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kerala-temple-fire-102-dead-280-injured-temple-fire\/puttingal-devi-temple-complex\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/Puttingal-Devi-Temple-complex.jpg?fit=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,223\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Puttingal Devi Temple complex\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/Puttingal-Devi-Temple-complex.jpg?fit=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/Puttingal-Devi-Temple-complex.jpg?fit=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42399\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/Puttingal-Devi-Temple-complex.jpg?resize=300%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Puttingal Devi Temple complex\" \/><\/a>In a huge tragedy, 102 people were killed and over 280 injured in a major fire that broke out in Puttingal Devi Temple complex near here in Kerala today during a display of fireworks for which there was no permission from the authorities.<br \/>\nThousands of people had gathered at the temple precincts to witness the display of fireworks which was underway since midnight when the blaze erupted at around 3.30am, police said.<br \/>\nThe mishap occurred as sparks of the fireworks fell on the store room &#8216;Kambapura&#8217; and the fire crackers kept there exploded with a deafening noise, police said.<br \/>\nThe sound of the explosion could be heard over a radius of one kilometer and the whole area plunged into darkness as the power supply went off and people ran helter skelter, eyewitnesses said.<br \/>\nIn the huge blaze, 102 people perished and 280 were injured, chief minister Oommen Chandy told reporters.<br \/>\nA massive effort was launched to rescue the people from the inferno and shift the injured people to hospitals, with the Navy and the Air Force pressing into service six helicopters and one Dornier aircraft.<br \/>\nThe chief minister said the district collector of Kollam had not given permission to conduct the fireworks.<br \/>\nThe district collector A Shainamol said &#8220;no permission for any kind of fireworks&#8221; was given.<\/p>\n<p>She said the temple authorities had asked for permission to conduct competitive fireworks which was denied. For normal fireworks, no permission was sought and hence there was no question of granting it, the DC said.<br \/>\nPolice sources said a case has been registered against temple authorities and explosive licencees under section 307 (Attempt to murder), and 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide) of IPC and under section 4 of Explosives Substances Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a huge tragedy, 102 people were killed and over 280 injured in a major fire that broke out in Puttingal Devi Temple complex near here in Kerala today during a display of fireworks for which there was no permission from the authorities. 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