[kellyhound]

At around 8.30pm on Aug 6, villagers in Jianwen village held celebrations for the Torch Festival. While they were igniting torches with flammable liquid, a plastic bucket containing the liquid tipped over accidentally and caught fire, leaving 16 people with varying degrees of burns.

The authorities in Xuanwei dispatched staff from the health, emergency management and public security departments to the site to treat the injured and maintain public order.

All the injured were reported to be in a stable condition in hospital.

The Torch Festival is a major tradition of the Yi people, as well as the Bai, Naxi, Lahu and other ethnic groups in south-western China’s Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. It is celebrated during the 6th month of the traditional Chinese calendar.

[Mr.NoCredit]

You know the old saying: “Play with fire”