Smoke rises from a burning Ferris wheel on the Highfield Competition in Grosspoesna, Germany, Sunday, August 17, 2024, on this screenshot obtained from a social media video. | Picture credit score: Reuters
A minimum of 23 individuals have been injured when two gondolas of a Ferris wheel caught fireplace at a music pageant close to Leipzig in jap Germany, the information company reported. dpa reported on Sunday (August 18, 2024).
“The hearth began in a single gondola after which unfold to a second one on Saturday (August 17) night,” police stated. 4 individuals suffered burns and one was injured from a fall. Others, together with first responders and at the very least 4 law enforcement officials, have been examined in hospital for potential smoke inhalation. dpa reported.
The accident occurred on the Highfield pageant on the Stoermthaler lake close to Leipzig. Police are nonetheless investigating the reason for the fireplace. On Sunday morning (18 August 2024), the police have been unable to supply any concrete data on the situation of the injured. The precise variety of victims had not but been decided. dpa reported.
The Ferris wheel operator stated dpa that there have been no passengers sitting within the gondola by which the fireplace began.
