More than 30 injured after ferris wheel catches fire at German music festival

A burnt-out gondola of the Ferris wheel after a fire broke out on the Ferris wheel at the Highfield Festival near Leipzig, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Heiko Rebsch/dpa via AP)

LEIPZIG, Germany: More than 30 people were injured after a ferris wheel at Highfield Festival near the eastern German city of Leipzig caught fire on Saturday (Aug 17), police said.

According to initial findings, all victims suffered from smoke inhalation after two of the wheel's gondolas caught fire, a police spokeswoman told dpa.