Ferris wheel catches fire at music festival in Germany
Dozens suffered mostly minor injuries, but two were seriously injured, according to reports, when two cars on the trip burst into flames at the Highfield Festival near Leipzig on Saturday night. (Credit: TikTok/ @nervdieleudenicht)
A ferris wheel at a festival nearby Leipzig, Germanycaught fire on Saturday evening, resulting in multiple injuries, according to reports.
More than two dozen people were was injured in the firetwo seriously, the European country’s taxpayer-funded broadcaster, DW, reported, citing police and the German Red Cross.
Most of the injuries were mild smoke inhalation, according to DW, and four police officers were among the injured.
Four people also suffered burns and one person was injured in a fall, the French news agency AFP said.
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Flames can be seen on a Ferris wheel at the Highfield Festival in Germany. (Str./picture alliance via Getty Images)
“Those affected are receiving treatment and are doing well given the circumstances,” the Highfield music festival said in a statement, according to Britain’s Sky News. “We have close cooperation with the fire brigade, the police and the rescue and medical services.”
Photos and videos showed flames rising and smoke billowing from two of the Ferris wheel’s cars.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Visitors to the Highfield Festival watch as the Ferris wheel continues to burn. (Str./picture alliance via Getty Images)
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German rapper Ski Aggu, who was performing when the fire broke out, took over his Instagram story that he was shocked and appalled by the fire, adding that he hoped all those affected would get better soon.
Most of the injured suffered from smoke inhalation, according to reports. (Str./picture alliance via Getty Images)
“For me, the priority was that the situation did not escalate further, which luckily also worked,” he wrote in German. “Thank you for being so calm and possibly preventing worse.”
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About 18 of the victims were taken to a hospital, Sky News reported, adding that performances continued for about an hour after the fire started with the Ferris wheel remaining closed.