Six people died in a crowd during a religious ritual of walking on a fire in the Lairai Devi Temple, India, India.
Six people died in the Hindu temple in the Indian Goa, Indian state on Saturday during the popular religious ritual of walking on fire. According to AFP, TASR writes about it.
The Prime Minister of the Regional Government in the coastal state of the Sawant said in a statement that he is “deeply saddened by a tragic crush” in the Lairai Devi Temple in the village of Širgao on Saturday early morning local time.
Six crush victims
“Six people died before they could take them to the hospital,” Sawant told reporters. He visited other injured in the hospital and promised to families killed or injured “all possible support”.
The Minister of Health Goa Višvajit Rane said that the injured was “about 80” people. “Five of them are in critical condition and are connected to artificial lung ventilation, while others are treated in a specially created emergency department,” he said.
Religious festivities and tragedy
The Office of Indian Prime Minister Naréndra fashion expressed “condolences to those who lost their loved ones”.
Šri Lairai Zatra is a key Hindu holiday in Goa and includes a fireworks ceremony. Indian religious festivities often accompany tragic events for poor discipline of participants and violations of safety regulations. Earlier this year, at least 30 people died during the Kumbhaméla feast (Festival of the Great Bugs) on the outskirts of the North Indian city of Prajágrad in the state of Uttarpradéš.
