Explosion Albert Square.

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We forecast something like this would happen. At last months event when the laid the temporary Go-Kart track I was amazed it was laid with a lamp post in the centre of the track. I was further amazed to find the only precaution they took was to shrink wrap a couple of old tyres around the lamp post hoping that when somebody hit the post they might not die.

Thankfully nobody died in this incident.

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I saw the reports on the news this morning and it looks like a lot of people have had a lucky escape. My sympathies to the people who were burned. With the benefit of hindsight it seems like it was an accident waiting to happen. I think that this is going to raise major safety issues for the Christmas fair and other similar ventures in the various locations throughout the city. It will be interesting to see what Pat Karney has to say about it.