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2015 New Taipei water park fire

2015 disasters in Taiwan2015 fires in Asia2015 in TaiwanAmusement park accidentsDust explosions
Fires in TaiwanHistory of New TaipeiJune 2015 events in Asia

On 27 June 2015, a dust fire occurred at Formosa Fun Coast, a water park in Bali, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Staff of an outdoor "color powder party" sprayed clouds of corn starch towards the participants, which ignited. The fire lasted 40 seconds and burned 508 people, killing 15 and leaving 199 in critical condition.Initially, only patches of airborne corn starch caught fire and extinguished almost instantly, but the staff sprayed carbon-dioxide fire extinguishers towards the participants, which, compounded by the running of the participants, dispersed the airborne corn starch into multiple dust clouds, responsible for most of the burning. The dust fire was widely misreported to have been an explosion.

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2015 New Taipei water park fire
Section 3, Zhongshan Road, New Taipei Bali District

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八仙水上樂園(停業中) (八仙樂園)

Section 3, Zhongshan Road 112
249007 New Taipei, Bali District
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