.... hmm respiratory damage and burns. Any guesses as to the unidentified substance? Terrorism?
More than 200 injured in explosion at Taiwan water parkMore than 200 people were injured, over 90 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 tore through the spectators.
Terrified partygoers were then shown running for their lives, screaming, as they were overtaken by flames.
As ambulance crews struggled to reach the site, victims were carried away on rubber rings and inflatable dinghies as friends desperately tried to get them out.
Bystanders poured bottles of water on the scorched skin of the victims still at the scene.
Around 1,000 spectators had been at the Color Play Asia event at the Formosa Fun Coast waterpark, just outside the capital Taipei, according to officials.
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."
Authorities said 229 had been hospitalised with 97 seriously hurt....
..."They all had respiratory system damage," he said.
"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...
http://news.yahoo.com/more-200-injured-explosion-taiwan-amusement-park-164037792.html
