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Families at the Jimboomba Family Carnival, the rockets sent to the crowd of an fireworks show, then worked for the cover on Sunday night.
A participant wrote that a rocket on social media exploded about 10 meters from them, and others hit the stands. Despite this, they said the show was not paused.
“The children were crying and people were running for security,” he said.
Another witness said that after the incident on social media, it was “children and adults who have experienced many trauma in the community”.
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland launched an investigation into the incident and chose to cancel the carnival Monday night show.
The show, in a statement published yesterday online, “We are working with the authorities to ensure that everyone is safe in the carnival and the problem with fireworks has been finalized,” he said.
“We were very disappointed than what happened.”
Pyrotechnical Contractor Ace firework Nine news The incident was a first and said that the company was “very upset” and that it should never be ”.
Ace Fireworks’ Robert Stevenson said, “Fireworks exploded, clearly, the product was wrong,” he said.
The Jimboomba Family Carnival will continue until August 17th, but it was not clear whether the show would suspend the future fireworks demonstrations. Brisbane Times He contacted them for a comment.
