More than 500 individuals have been harmed in a flame and blast at an event congregation outside Taiwan's capital Taipei.
Saturday's occurrence happened on the principle phase of the Formosa Water Park. A combustible powder is accepted to have blasted as it spread into the group.
Footage indicated individuals terrifying and shouting, and rescuers conveying the injured on stretchers.
More than 180 individuals have genuine wounds. Some of them took in the powder, bringing about respiratory issues.
The reason for the episode is as yet being explored. The BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei says authorities accept the flame created the shaded powder shower used to make a gathering air to blast.
The episode happened around 20:30 (12:30 GMT). More than 1,000 individuals were close to the stage at the time.
The flame division said: "Our beginning comprehension is this blast and flame... was created by the powder splash. It could have been because of the warmth of the lights on the stage".
The flame was rapidly brought under control.
One witness told nearby TV: "It began on the left half of the stage. Toward the starting I thought it was a piece of the embellishments of the gathering however then I understood there was something incorrectly."
Numerous individuals ran to water stops on Saturday as temperatures came to 36.6C in Taipei and as high as 38C in different parts of Taiwan, the BBC's Cindy Sui reports from Taipei.
New Taipei City's leader, Eric Chu, requested a prompt shutdown of the water park pending an examination.
Taiwan has endured a progression of savage flames in the recent years because of poor implementation of building and flame security codes and unlawful development, our journalist includes.
A flame recently slaughtered six firefighters, provoking requests to redress unlawfully developed structures and update firefighters' hardware and preparing.
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