more than 500 injured in explosion at taiwan water park

According to officials, about 1,000 spectators participated in the Asian color competition at the Formosa Mosha Coast water park outside the capital Taipei.
Authorities said on Sunday that more than 500 people were injured, nearly 200 of them seriously, when a fire exploded in a crowd in a water park outside Taipei, Taiwan\'s capital.
The number of people injured in the blast, sprayed colored powder at the party late yesterday, as authorities began tracking the victims who were taken to hospital or transported there by others, this number has more than doubled.
The video on the Apple Daily website shows that with the music playing and the crowd dancing, the powder cloud was suddenly sprayed out and turned into a hell of tearing the audience apart.
\\ When they are surpassed by the flames, the frightened meeting people are shown running and screaming for their lives.
Some people wear only swimsuits, covered with colored powder.
Ambulances were difficult to get to the scene, and the initial figures only counted those hospitalized for emergency services.
When friends desperately tried to rescue the victims, they were taken away by rubber bands and inflatable boats.
Onlookers poured a few bottles of water on the burnt skin of the injured.
An AFP reporter at the scene said that the bloody footprints leading to the stage still exist.
The fire was quickly put out, according to authorities.
According to officials, about 1,000 spectators participated in the Asian color competition at the Formosa Mosha Coast water park outside the capital Taipei.
A male witness told the local news channel CTI: \"It starts on the left side of the stage.
I thought it was part of the party special effects at first, but then I realized there was a problem and people started screaming and running. \"Lee Lih-
Zhong, deputy director of the Taipei Municipal government health bureau, said 509 people were injured, of which 188 were seriously injured.
The critically wounded are being treated in intensive care units in 37 different hospitals.
\"The reason why the burn is so serious is that, in addition to skin burns, there is a large amount of toner inhalation that causes burns to the respiratory organs, Li told AFP.
\"For those who are seriously injured, the next 24 hours will be crucial.
\"Details of the victim\'s age have not yet been announced,\" Li said, but they all look very young and even younger in their 20 s.
Media reports say some victims have more than been burned.