Salcedo Carnival Disaster

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Today’s Listín Diario says 19 people were injured. The issue was created by fireworks thst were mishandled.

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So sad to hear what happened. I´m hearing a kid just died and there are others in serious condition. Apart from the people who caught fire, others got burns trying to help.
Traditional macarao costumes for Salcedo are made with crepe paper. Every carnival group has a spot with a stage which they call their "cave¨. This is where they hold activities for friends or fans for each group. This happened around the one for a group called ¨Los Toros¨. This was before everyone was supposed to get together for the carnival. Some say someone kicked a firecracker but there are still multiple versions about what happened.
 
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Some say someone kicked a firecracker but there are still multiple versions about what happened.
Indeed, Update on this:

Mayor of Salcedo confirmed that carnival organizers didn't have a permit to use firecrackers.


So far:
4 of the kids are in delicate state / UCI in Santo Domingo
 

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View attachment 8754And here we have the typical DR First Responder. I donate 1 Gl of Premium Fuel to set him on Fire.
To be fair, he didn’t had water on him. You wanted for someone to try putting out a fire with their bare hands? Well then, you go first. You know, to show others how to do it. The rest will follow, promise. 🫣
 

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So sad to hear what happened. I´m hearing a kid just died and there are others in serious condition. Apart from the people who caught fire, others got burns trying to help.
Traditional macarao costumes for Salcedo are made with crepe paper. Every carnival group has a spot with a stage which they call their "cave¨. This is where they hold activities for friends or fans for each group. This happened around the one for a group called ¨Los Toros¨. This was before everyone was supposed to get together for the carnival. Some say someone kicked a firecracker but there are still multiple versions about what happened.
In one of the videos, you can see when the fire starts. He was engulfed almost instantaneously. In a matter of seconds, it had jumped to a few others.
 
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To be fair, he didn’t had water on him. You wanted for someone to try putting out a fire with their bare hands? Well then, you go first. You know, to show others how to do it. The rest will follow, promise. 🫣
You take of your shirt and extinguish the fire ! No Harvard Education needed for this.
 

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To be fair, he didn’t had water on him. You wanted for someone to try putting out a fire with their bare hands? Well then, you go first. You know, to show others how to do it. The rest will follow, promise. 🫣
I actually know some who did try to help with his bare hands. Also heard of some of people used their clothes.
 
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The mother of one of the affected in Salcedo graduated from Universidad Católica Nordestana in San Francisco de Macorís.

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Her hands look like that because she was using thrm in an attempt to take off the engulf in fire custome that her 5 year old son was wearing. The son died anyway. He suffered burns of up to 80% of his body.
 

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The mother of one of the affected in Salcedo graduated from Universidad Católica Nordestana in San Francisco de Macorís.

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Her hands look like that because she was using thrm in an attempt to take off the engulf in fire custome that her 5 year old son was wearing. The son died anyway. He suffered burns of up to 80% of his body.

He died while she was attending the graduation. Brutal. My condolences to her, and may her child RIP.

It doesn't end there. The guy who brought the fireworks lost 2 sons in the accident. He was arrested, and in jail just suffered a heart attack.
 

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She probably disn’t know that he passed when they took that photo of her. If she did, she wouldn’t be there.
 

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He died while she was attending the graduation. Brutal. My condolences to her, and may her child RIP.

It doesn't end there. The guy who brought the fireworks lost 2 sons in the accident. He was arrested, and in jail just suffered a heart attack.
She was pregnant and was rushed to the hospital because of her wounds from trying to help her 5 year-old. She gave birth a few days ago, then the university tells her she has to attend her graduation and on that same day, her kid died. Her brother is also in critical condition.