Over 150 people were injured, some of them critically, in a fireworks accident during a temple festival in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Tuesday.

The accident took place late Monday night in Kasaragod district, about 555 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala.

"The injured were immediately taken to various hospitals in Kasargod, Kannur, and Mangaluru. The condition of 10 people is stated to be critical," said a police official.