Forbes StaffThe Ferris Wheel catches fire at Leipzig’s Highfield Festival in Germany, and a video goes viral.
News of the Ferris Wheel catching fire in Germany has now gone viral. On Saturday night, it caught fire at the Highfield Festival near Stormthaler See Lake in Leipzig. It is said that the fire broke out at 9 p.m. local time and injured approximately 30 people, including four police officers. Also, when the incident happened, Ski Aggu, the German rapper, was performing. What caused the blaze is still unknown.
Fire at the Highfield Festival in a Ferris Wheel in Germany.
It is reported that several people were injured in a fire that broke out on the Ferris Wheel at the Highfield Festival near Stormthaler See Lake in Leipzig, Germany. A fire brigade spokesperson informed the dpa German Press Agency that the fire is now under control, and the cause of the blaze is still not known. The fire injured around 30 people, including four police officers. Most of the injured were transported to a local hospital for treatment, with two individuals in serious condition.
What did the police spokesperson say about the fire incident in Germany?
Josephine Sader, a spokesperson, told BILD, “The fire broke out in one gondola for reasons still unknown and then spread to a second one. We currently know that there are over 30 injured people, including four injured police officers, but all of them are probably slightly injured. Two people were seriously injured. There were no fatalities.”
German rapper Ski Aggu was performing at the time the fire broke out.
German rapper Ski Aggu, who was performing when the fire broke out, later expressed his shock on Instagram: “I am absolutely dismayed and shocked by the Ferris Wheel fire during my show on the Highfield. I was only told in my ear that I should not cancel the show under any circumstances but should first remain in dialogue with you so that there is no mass panic. For me, the priority was that the situation did not escalate further, which fortunately also worked.”
