Kollam temple fire: Official death toll put at 108

The higher figure earlier was the result of duplication of some names, government sources said.

An elderly Indian man checks the damage caused by a massive fire which broke out Sunday during a fireworks display at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village, Kollam district, southern Kerala state, India, Monday, April 11, 2016. Medical teams on Monday tended to hundreds of people injured in a massive fire that killed more than a hundred, while authorities searched for those responsible for illegally putting on the fireworks display that caused the weekend blaze. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

The government has reworked the number of deaths in Sunday's Puttingal temple firework disaster and put it at 108. Earlier, the government sources had spoken of 114 deaths.

The official death toll was issued on Thursday after Sathyan (40) of Poothakkulam in Paravur succumbed to his burn injuries. He had sustained more than 40 per cent burns and was under treatment at the government medical college in Thiruvananthapuram. He had also suffered a fracture of his backbone and ribs. He died at 10.45 a.m., a press note issued by the medical college's media coordinator said.

Officials communicated the revised death toll to an inter-departmental review meeting held this morning. The higher figure earlier was the result of duplication of some names, government sources said.