Over 150 people were injured, including ten in serious condition, in a fireworks accident during the Anjuambalam Veerarkav temple festival near Neeleswaram here on Monday midnight, police said.
According to local media reports, the injured include women and children.
The injured have been taken to various hospitals in Kasargod, Kannur, and Mangaluru.
It is suspected that the accident occurred when a fireworks storage facility near Veerarkavu Temple caught fire.
Top district administration officials, including the collector and the district police chief, have reached the spot.
The police have registered a case and the temple authorities have been taken into custody.
The accident is suspected to have happened at around midnight during a fireworks display, when a misfired cracker struck a building storing explosives, according to local media reports.
Kasargod MP Rajmohan Unnithan called for a detailed investigation must into the incident.https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2024/Oct/29/over-150-injured-eight-serious-in-fireworks-accident-at-kerala-temple-festival