2015 New Taipei water park explosion

Name: 2015 New Taipei water park explosion
Start: 2015

2015 CE.

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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 participants with clouds of corn starch, 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 were extinguished almost instantly, but due to the spraying of carbon-dioxide fire extinguishers by staff towards the participants, along with the running of the participants, the airborne corn starch dispersed into multiple dust clouds which was responsible for most of the burning.

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