Bacteria83 Turbocharged June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 (edited) Hope the victims can survive and recover from this mishap . More than 200 injured in explosion at Taiwan water park PUBLISHED ON JUN 28, 2015 12:57 AM 1690 748 0 0PRINTEMAIL People carry an injured man at the Formosa Fun Coast amusement park after an explosion in the Pali district of New Taipei City on June 27, 2015. -- PHOTO: AFP TAIPEI (AFP) - More than 200 people were injured, over 80 of them seriously, in an explosion at a water park outside Taiwan’s capital Taipei Saturday after coloured powder being sprayed onto a crowd ignited, officials said. Footage on the Apple Daily newspaper website showed crowds dancing as music played and clouds of powder being sprayed out which suddenly turned into a ball of fire that swept through the spectators. “Our initial understanding is this explosion and fire... was caused by the powder spray. It could have been due to the heat of the lights on the stage,” said a spokesman for the New Taipei City fire department. The municipality’s deputy mayor said 221 had been hospitalised, with fire officials earlier saying 81 had been seriously injured. Local media reported that 97 people were seriously hurt. The blast happened as hundreds gathered for an event at the coastal Formosa Fun Coast waterpark, just outside the capital Taipei. Television images showed the stage on fire and crowds running away, some of them only dressed in swimwear and covered in coloured powder. The fire was quickly extinguished, officials said. One male witness told local news channel CTI: “It started on the left side of the stage. At the beginning I thought it was part of the special effects of the party but then I realised there was something wrong and people started screaming and running.” Media reports said some victims had suffered burns to more than 40 per cent of their bodies. A doctor treating 41 victims at one hospital in Taipei said 17 of them were “seriously burned”. “They all had respiratory system damage,” he said. Dazed victims were carried from the site on inflatable rubber rings and others were lying on inflatable water toys with bystanders pouring water over them from plastic bottles. Authorities said that ambulances had struggled to get near to the site and had to send in emergency workers with stretchers. “We feel sad and regretful about the accident,” New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu told reporters. He said that extra doctors had been called in to help treat the victims. “I’ve ordered the park to shut down immediately and be placed under a rigorous investigation,” he added. - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/more-200-injured-explosion-taiwan-amusement-park-20150628#sthash.s7mCvDxm.dpuf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDU0cNPguX8 Edited June 27, 2015 by Bacteria83 ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktglfc Hypersonic June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 Something for us to learn... especially those colored run, where the organizers throw powders at the crowd... Safety always come first ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid Hypersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 This is VERY serious. I hope those injured will recover soon. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playtime Twincharged June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 No worries on those runs. Such explosions also happen at grain silos. Need to have saturation of suspended particles to work. Simply throwing won't achieve anything like that required saturation. The Taiwan incident, people were being sprayed... to achieve the required particle saturation, they really have used some serious blower etc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockngbrd Supersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 bigini xmm how? :( 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktglfc Hypersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 bigini xmm how? :( After ganna, can never wear bikini liao :( 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 Saw a video clip that people running in pool of fire, really look like in hell [sweatdrop] 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 Saw a video clip that people running in pool of fire, really look like in hell [sweatdrop] Got link? Simi powder this one? How come use powder? Don't understand 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiyotakamli Supersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 Saw a video clip that people running in pool of fire, really look like in hell [sweatdrop] I saw as well. Seems like a hell 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiyotakamli Supersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 Got link? Simi powder this one? How come use powder? Don't understand Something like sentosa run but they use it for clubbing activities in water theme park However the authorities didnt check that these powders are flammable and the heat of lighting stage cause it become a snowball of fire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 Something like sentosa run but they use it for clubbing activities in water theme park However the authorities didnt check that these powders are flammable and the heat of lighting stage cause it become a snowball of fire Even not flammable, wait people asthma how Still don't make sense use powder 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiyotakamli Supersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 Even not flammable, wait people asthma how Still don't make sense use powder The young nowadays want something more specials so use powder for visual effect Now the news said injured over 200 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Turbocharged June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 https://youtu.be/UVCF8nIZ-iU This one? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohto Hypersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 Got link? Simi powder this one? How come use powder? Don't understand Me also read until blur blur......what powder can cause such explosion... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiyotakamli Supersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 https://youtu.be/UVCF8nIZ-iU This one? Yes this video Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kklim Supercharged June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 Even flour will catch fire if you throw it over a lit candle. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wt_know Supersonic June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 (edited) they spray foam, smoke and powder .... really jialat ! Edited June 28, 2015 by Wt_know 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Turbocharged June 28, 2015 Share June 28, 2015 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GJrEkSGr224 Another video from the scene. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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