Three people were killed and 64 others injured after a fire broke out in a Durga Puja pandal in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, due to overheating of a halogen light, officials said on October 3.
A digital show was going on at the pandal and 300-400 people were inside it when the fire broke out on October 2 night. The pandal was reduced to ashes, they said.
The fire broke out in a Durga Puja pandal in Narthua village, a stone’s throw from Aurai police station, around 9.30 p.m. on October 2, District Magistrate Gaurang Rathi said.
