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Girl (8) died after wind blows bouncy castle into the air in Spain | Abroad

That writes The Guardian. Emergency services were called to the fairground in Mislata, a municipality on the outskirts of Valencia, on Tuesday evening. Minutes earlier, shocked witnesses had watched the funfair’s inflatable structure soar into the air, throwing several children to the ground, El País newspaper reported.

Search

Nine children were taken to hospital, two of them in serious condition. Provincial firefighters shared photos showing pieces of the deflated castle scattered around the fairgrounds, adding that a search had been carried out to make sure no children were trapped in the structure.

On Wednesday, local authorities reported that an eight-year-old girl had died from her injuries. A four-year-old girl is still in hospital. “A very sad day for Mislata,” the city’s mayor, Carlos Fernández Bielsa, said on Twitter.

The city has announced a period of official mourning until Friday and is canceling all remaining Christmas festivities, including an Epiphany procession scheduled for Wednesday. “We would like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the child who died. She was only eight years old,” the police said in a statement.

The police are investigating the cause of the accident.

Research into bouncy castles

The event comes just weeks after six children were killed when a gust of wind sent a bouncy castle 10 meters into the air in Australia. This tragedy, which is still under investigation, has called for better regulation of safety standards for bouncy castles.

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