A harrowing sight unfolded as a Ferris wheel caught on fire at a music festival in Leipzig, Germany last Saturday. The incident resulted in at least 65 injuries and landed 16 people in the hospital. Most of the injuries were reported to be mild cases of smoke inhalation, and no injuries were life-threatening. France’s AFP news cited a police spokesperson as saying that four of the injuries were police officers attending the scene. German public broadcaster DW has stated that the fire broke out at about 9 p.m., spreading through two passenger cars. According to a statement by the Leipzig Police Department, an initial assessment has determined that the source of the fire was from “materials underneath the Ferris wheel.” What the materials were has not been disclosed, and an investigation into how the fire began is still under investigation.
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