Friday afternoon, a carnival was organized in the town of Salaunes, in Gironde, attended by several children. When ‘Mister Carnival’ pyre was ignited, fireworks erupted creating panic reports South West. A 34-year-old man suffered minor burns and was taken to hospital, along with four shocked young children. Six other children were taken care of on the spot.
According to the mayor of the town, interviewed by the regional daily, an unidentified person threw fireworks into the blaze which, when they were triggered, started to shoot out everywhere. An act condemned by the aedile. The gendarmes also went to the scene.
