The cornstarch powder had been sprayed over the crowd of hundreds of partygoers at the Formosa Fun Coast water park.
It exploded when it came into contact with the lights, whose surface temperatures reached more than 400 degrees Celsius, the Liberty Times reported, citing a fire department investigation.
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