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11-07-2012, 10:32 PM
FROM THE WEB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp2RlXTjk0c
This is what it looks like when $3000 worth of fireworks are accidentally set off at once.
Organisers at an annual fireworks display in Edinburgh, Scotland, had to apologise after a freak accident saw a rocket misfire and ricochet into the remaining bunch, setting them all off at the same time.
Spectators are seen fleeing the grounds amid rolling explosions in video of the incident posted online.
One girl was taken to hospital after suffering a burn to the side of her face but no one was seriously injured.
The incident unfolded at the Pentland Community Centre in Oxgangs Brae on Monday night.
Susan Ross, a local resident, told BBC News: "My friend and her daughters were standing at the side of the post office and the showers of fireworks were coming over them and they had to jump over the girls to stop the sparks landing on their jackets.
"The next thing I heard was several bangs and then a massive explosion.
"I turned around and everybody was just scattering and running across the road away from it."
The Pentland Community Centre's management committee apologized for the incident in a statement.
"One of the rockets misfired towards the end of the display and ricocheted into the remaining undetonated fireworks, setting them off all at once," the statement said.
"This was a freak accident, and most regrettable, but this is the first incident we have had in 10 years of holding this popular community event, and we extend our apologies to everyone who was alarmed."
The centre said it would review safety protocols.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp2RlXTjk0c
This is what it looks like when $3000 worth of fireworks are accidentally set off at once.
Organisers at an annual fireworks display in Edinburgh, Scotland, had to apologise after a freak accident saw a rocket misfire and ricochet into the remaining bunch, setting them all off at the same time.
Spectators are seen fleeing the grounds amid rolling explosions in video of the incident posted online.
One girl was taken to hospital after suffering a burn to the side of her face but no one was seriously injured.
The incident unfolded at the Pentland Community Centre in Oxgangs Brae on Monday night.
Susan Ross, a local resident, told BBC News: "My friend and her daughters were standing at the side of the post office and the showers of fireworks were coming over them and they had to jump over the girls to stop the sparks landing on their jackets.
"The next thing I heard was several bangs and then a massive explosion.
"I turned around and everybody was just scattering and running across the road away from it."
The Pentland Community Centre's management committee apologized for the incident in a statement.
"One of the rockets misfired towards the end of the display and ricocheted into the remaining undetonated fireworks, setting them off all at once," the statement said.
"This was a freak accident, and most regrettable, but this is the first incident we have had in 10 years of holding this popular community event, and we extend our apologies to everyone who was alarmed."
The centre said it would review safety protocols.