“I hope the injured recover soon,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter, expressing his condolences to the bereaved. Some of the injured were injured in falls after being electrocuted, and others, who ran to escape the flames, when they jumped from the chariot, which carried statues of Hindu deities in addition to the faithful. The chariot, returning to a nearby temple, was left with a charred wreck. Firefighters and local officials were involved in the rescue effort.
