More than 30 injured after ferris wheel catches fire at German music festival

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More than 30 injured after ferris wheel catches fire at German music festival
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A burnt-out gondola of the Ferris wheel after a fire broke out on the Ferris wheel at the Highfield Festival near Leipzig , Germany , Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024.

According to initial findings, all victims suffered from smoke inhalation after two of the wheel's gondolas caught fire, a police spokeswoman told dpa. The cause of the fire remained unclear on Saturday evening. Initially, one of the gondolas of the ferris wheel caught fire at around 9pm . The fire then spread to the second gondola. Both were completely destroyed by the fire, according to a dpa reporter at the scene.

"I was only told through my earpiece that I should not stop the show under any circumstances, instead I was advised to continue talking to avoid mass panic.

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