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AT LEAST 23 people were injured when two gondolas on a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival in Germany, a news agency has reported.
The fire at the site near Leipzig, in the east of the country, started in one gondola and spread to a second on Saturday night, police said.
Four people suffered burn injuries and one suffered injuries from a fall. Others, including first responders and at least four police officers, were being examined in hospital for possible smoke inhalation, the news agency dpa reported.
A Ferris wheel caught fire and injured a number of people at the Highfield music festival near Leipzig in eastern Germany pic.twitter.com/VO1zVPBKFP
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2024
The incident happened at the Highfield Festival at Stoermthaler Lake.
Police were continuing to investigate the cause of the fire, and were unable to provide concrete information about the condition of the people injured.
The exact number of casualties had also not been determined, dpa reported.
The operator of the Ferris wheel told dpa that no passengers had been sitting in the gondola in which the fire started.
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A burning ring of fire
@Larry Betts: you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself
global warming causing ferris wheels to self combust. what next…
@Niall English: if you want to see the effects of climate change have a look at Sumatra or the Marshall Islands, one is extreme heat and drought, the other is rising sea levels, it’s no coincidence all of these places are becoming uninhabitable at the same time. Or the extinction rates of wildlife around the world is another give away. Educate yourself Niall, it’s FREE.
@Niall English: How dum b
@Niall English: It’s ok Niall, I found your comment amusing.
@Jessie Pinkman: I don’t think they’re an isolated case!
The people on cocaine setting the amusements on fire now. What is wrong with these people, they could have fried the whole ride.
@Sean Money: the coke-fuelled Racist Right in their tracksuits love a bit of fire and arsonry
@Sean Money: Sounds like you don’t leave the retirement home much
@Sean Money: where the fup did you get that from hahaha!!!
Halfwits.
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