• Illegal fireworks display causes tragedy at temple fair, 108 killed and nearly 400 injured
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[img]http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02809/Kollam_temple_2809950f.jpg[/img] Sauce: [url]http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kollam-temple-fire-five-persons-arrested-death-toll-rises-to-108/article8460698.ece?[/url] [quote]Five persons have been held in connection with the fire tragedy at Puttingal Devi temple complex even as the toll has risen to 108 with two more persons succumbing to injuries in hospitals on Monday morning.One person died at KIMS hospital at Thiruvananthapuram and another at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital, a statement from the Chief Minister’s office said. Police said five workers associated with the contractor of the fireworks display have been taken into custody. The contract for the fireworks had been taken by two groups led by Surendran and Krishnan Kutty, they said.[/quote]
[quote]“There are some unidentified bodies in a badly mutilated state, for which DNA tests will have to be done to ascertain their identity. I hope my friends are not among them,”[/quote] Holy fuck how big was this firework display if it's been able to cause such chaos?
[QUOTE=Tools;50110304]Holy fuck how big was this firework display if it's been able to cause such chaos?[/QUOTE] A tonne of fireworks if they exploded could probably do it.
[QUOTE=Tools;50110304]Holy fuck how big was this firework display if it's been able to cause such chaos?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/the-sunflower-behind-the-tragedy/article8459971.ece[/url] according to this, it all began with a competitive fireworks display, which is fairly common in big events, though it's more often than not illegal. Note that the district collector actually banned the event, but they went ahead and did it anyway. :hammered: Apparently several fireworks meant for a display piece failed spectacularly, injuring several operators, and one of these set other fireworks on fire in the storage area, causing the entire lot to go up in an explosion from the relay effect.
[QUOTE=Tools;50110304]Holy fuck how big was this firework display if it's been able to cause such chaos?[/QUOTE] It just takes a tiny bit of fire, [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Croma%C3%B1%C3%B3n_nightclub_fire"]if you have a lot of people and bad or insufficient safety measures.[/URL]
I know all to well how destructive firework can be, cause back in 2000 we had a [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster"]fireworks disaster[/URL] in my very hometown.
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