Eight injured in Kep beach fireworks explosion on New Year's Eve

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Eight injured in Kep beach fireworks explosion on New Year's Eve

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Eight injured after fireworks explosion
2 January 2018
KEP - Eight people were slightly injured by a firework explosion as a large crowd celebrated the countdown to the New Year on a beach in Kep province on Sunday night.
Ing Sam Ol, provincial police chief, said yesterday that the explosion was caused by a technical error, and added that all eight people injured were sent to hospital for treatment.
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Mr Sam Ol said that the fireworks exploded at 11pm on Sunday night at Kep beach, where local authorities had prepared a fireworks show to welcome the New Year.
“The fireworks exploded and caused eight people to get slightly injured, three of them women. They were quickly sent to hospital for help,” he said.
“It did not cause a serious problem,” he added. “The explosion was the result of careless planning; it was a technical error, but now all is back to normal.”

Mr Sam Ol said there were about 100,000 local and foreign visitors gathered at the beach to celebrate the countdown to the New Year.

“All the victims were treated at Kep provincial hospital and they already left for their homes,” he said, adding four fire-trucks were needed to put out the fire...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099379/eig ... explosion/
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Re: Eight injured in Kep beach fireworks explosion on New Year's Eve

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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2018 12:26 pm Eight injured after fireworks explosion
2 January 2018
KEP - Eight people were slightly injured by a firework explosion as a large crowd celebrated the countdown to the New Year on a beach in Kep province on Sunday night.
Ing Sam Ol, provincial police chief, said yesterday that the explosion was caused by a technical error, and added that all eight people injured were sent to hospital for treatment.
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Mr Sam Ol said that the fireworks exploded at 11pm on Sunday night at Kep beach, where local authorities had prepared a fireworks show to welcome the New Year.
“The fireworks exploded and caused eight people to get slightly injured, three of them women. They were quickly sent to hospital for help,” he said.
“It did not cause a serious problem,” he added. “The explosion was the result of careless planning; it was a technical error, but now all is back to normal.”

Mr Sam Ol said there were about 100,000 local and foreign visitors gathered at the beach to celebrate the countdown to the New Year.

“All the victims were treated at Kep provincial hospital and they already left for their homes,” he said, adding four fire-trucks were needed to put out the fire...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099379/eig ... explosion/
100,000 in Kep? Does explain where all the Phnom Penh people were, numbers were very much down in SHV for Khmer.
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Re: Eight injured in Kep beach fireworks explosion on New Year's Eve

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huge traffic through Kampot for 2 days, so maybe the figure is not far off the mark
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cptrelentless wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:15 pm

100,000 in Kep? Does explain where all the Phnom Penh people were, numbers were very much down in SHV for Khmer.
A Khmer friend said he could not get into accommodation in Shitville so ended up in Battambang. So much for the Khmer holiday destination for families......... =@
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