More than 200 people were injured, over 80 of them seriously, in an explosion and fire Saturday at a water park outside Taiwan’s capital, Taipei.

The Apple Daily newspaper website showed crowds dancing as music played and clouds of powder being sprayed over the scene. The clouds suddenly turned into a ball of fire.

Dazed victims were carried from the Formosa Water Park on inflatable rubber rings.  Others lay on inflatable water toys, with bystanders pouring water over them.

Media reports said some victims suffered burns to more than 40 percent of their bodies.

According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency, the blaze was quickly brought under control, and the cause was under investigation.
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