TAIPEI: A second young victim died Thursday after being engulfed by a fireball that injured nearly 500 people at a Taiwan “colour party”, as organisers face charges after plumes of decorative powder ignited.
Student Liu Chih-wei, 19, suffered burns to almost his entire body in the disaster, which saw crowds of young revellers overtaken by flames after being sprayed with clouds of multi-coloured corn starch at Saturday’s event.
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