Out-of-control firecrackers lave eight people with burns

Out-of-control firecrackers lave eight people with burns

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Setting off firecrackers is key part of many religious ceremonies, and it can also be very dangerous. The proof of that is a pile of firecrackers that exploded into a huge firey blaze on Sunday at a temple in Pingtung. The temple had been about to celebrate the arrival of a troupe of worshippers from New Taipei with a bang. Unfortunately, the firecrackers were much too potent and eight people ended up with burns. Let’s hear more.

Wu Cheng-hao
Fude temple head
As the palanquin came in, they set off the firecrackers over there. There were a lot of people. Some of them had brought firecrackers of their own, and were throwing them in. It all flared up just as the bearers were rushing forward. The firecrackers went off and people got burnt.

Huang Po-chun
Pingtung Fire Department
Five people went by themselves to Hengchun Christian Hospital for treatment.

Wang Chin-chu
Temple head
Worshippers always pitch in when temples engage with each other, and they love a bustling atmosphere. Some spend thousands upon thousands for firecrackers, maybe more than NT$100,000. Young people love that, so we can’t comment against it.

The temple says that firefighters had certified that the firecrackers were compliant with the relevant regulations. The eight people injured have burns on their heads and limbs, and two of them have second-degree burns. Fortunately nobody was lethally hurt.

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#boom #explosion #firecracker #tradition #folk #folkreligion #customs

瞬間爆炸! 屏東福德宮"炮竹炸傷轎班" 8人燒燙傷

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週日下午，屏東恆春的福德宮，發生一起炮竹炸傷進香轎班的意外，當時一群來自新北市金山財神廟的進香團，準備要扛轎踩炮進入福德宮參香，沒想到鞭炮點燃後，瞬間變成大爆炸。

[[恆春福德宮主委吳澄豪]]
“神轎要進來，他們鞭炮就用了一些在那邊，現在旁邊的人多嘛，信徒有的有帶炮來就一直丟進去，丟進去之後就火一上來，前面的往前衝，剛好那個時間點起來就燒到”

[[屏東消防恆春分隊長黃博駿]]
“其中有5名民眾，自行前往恆春基督教醫院就醫”

[[屏東廣興宮(非當事宮廟)主委王金柱]]
“宮廟互動就是都會禮尚往來，喜歡熱鬧。有會買鞭炮買好幾萬，有的還買十幾萬。年輕人愛這樣玩，這個我們都不能說什麼的”

廟方說是意外導致，而第一時間，消防也確認了施放的這些炮竹都有安全標章，八個人頭部及肢體多數燒燙傷，更有2個人達到二度燒傷，但幸好都沒有生命危險。

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