Port Louis, Mauritius:
Six pilgrims died in Mauritius on Sunday when a fireplace needful out all over a non secular ritual to mark a Hindu pageant, police mentioned.
The blaze erupted when a picket and bamboo cart showing collectible figurines of Hindu deities stuck fireplace later getting into touch with uncovered electrical wires, police commissioner Anil Kumar Dip mentioned on nationwide tv.
“The accident claimed six victims and left seven injured, including one who is in serious condition,” he mentioned.
The pilgrims had been travelling on footing to the Magnificent Bassin pool, which is deemed sacred by way of the east African island people’s Hindu crowd, forward of the Shivaratri pageant on March 8.
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