Ferris wheel fire leads to at least 23 injuries at German music festival

Posted | Contributed by LostKause

At least 23 people were injured when two gondolas of a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near Leipzig in eastern Germany, news agency dpa reported Sunday. The fire started in one gondola and then spread to a second one on Saturday night, police said.

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Jeff's avatar

This has gotta be arson, no? I assume there's an electrical connection to lights on the gondola, but that seems relatively benign.


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LostKause's avatar

My first thought was that someone lit a cigarette or joint, and something caught fire from that, but the article said no one was in the gondola that caught fire. It doesn’t make sense.


This article says initial investigation indicates material under ride caught fire.

https://www.dw.com/en/ferri...a-69973586

Bild newspaper reported that the material was likely mats, which it said could have been ignited by cigarettes, pyrotechnics or a cable fire.

Still early in the investigation though.

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