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Urgent: Over 80 killed in fire in temple in southern India

Xinhua, April 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

More than 80 people have been killed and 250 injured in a major fire caused by festive firework at the Puttingal temple in Paravur, Kollam of the southern Indian state of Kerala early Sunday morning, said police. Endit