KOLLAM, India: Police on Monday detained five workers from a temple in southern India where a massive explosion during a fireworks display killed more than 100 people.

Thousands had packed into the Hindu temple in Kerala state’s Kollam district on Saturday night for the show when a stray firework apparently landed on a stockpile, triggering a huge blast that tore through concrete buildings.

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