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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Multiple injuries after massive fireball explosion at Jewish celebration in London 'sparked by mobile phone' Up to thirty people have been injured in an explosion at a Jewish celebration in London that may have been sparked by a mobile phone. A crowd of hundreds had gathered in Stamford Hill to observe Lag BaOmer, a festive day on which bonfires are a common tradition. Footage of the incident showed a bonfire about to be lit with the sound of singing in the background as many people were stood within a few metres. Suddenly, a huge fireball erupted over the entire crowd. People panicked and ran screaming from the scene, witnesses said. London Ambulance Service and the Jewish volunteer ambulance service Hatzola attended and treated "multiple patients" for burn injuries. The Jewish news website Yeshiva World said around thirty people were treated and ten taken to hospital. The severity of the injuries is currently not known. The cause of the explosion also remains unclear although several witnesses claimed a mobile phone had been thrown onto the bonfire. Around thirty people were hurt in the explosion, many of them children, it is believed Ten people are in hospital, according to reports Footage of the incident showed a bonfire about to be lit with the sound of singing in the background as many people were stood within a few metres. Suddenly, a huge fireball erupted over the entire crowd. People panicked and ran screaming from the scene, witnesses said. London Ambulance Service and the Jewish volunteer ambulance service Hatzola attended and treated "multiple patients" for burn injuries. Video showed the bonfire was about to be lit to mark Lag BaOmer (Image: Twitter/@Hatzola) Shocking footage showed the moment of the explosion (Image: Twitter/@Hatzola) Hundreds of people were celebrating the festive day at the time (Image: Twitter/@Hatzola) The Jewish news website Yeshiva World said around thirty people were treated and ten taken to hospital. The severity of the injuries is currently not known. The cause of the explosion also remains unclear although several witnesses claimed a mobile phone had been thrown onto the bonfire. Voluntary ambulance service Hatzola attended multiple patients ( Around thirty people were hurt in the explosion, many of them children, it is believed Ten people are in hospital, according to reports LondonAmbulance HART @LAS_HART Tonight we have assisted @Hatzola dealing with multiple patients. Hatzola is a volunteer ambulance service in the community. We have a long-standing, mutually respectful working relationship, and together we help to save lives.@Ldn_Ambulance @LAS_HART @Hatzola According to Yeshiva, the Rebbe - the name given to leaders of the Chassidic Jewish movement - had made a speech about the "dangers" of smartphones and said he would be burning one. "It appears that the explosion was caused by fuel and not the smartphone, although there definitely were multiple smartphones placed inside the pile to be burned," Yeshiva reports. Poster Comment: So how many smart phones were in that bonfire? Anything else? Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Horse (#0)
Someone put gasoline on it to help get it started, I'd bet.
Undoubtedly that fireball wasn't just smart phones spontaneously exploding. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
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