Massive Fire at Liseberg Water Park in Sweden: Twelve Slightly Injured in Explosive Incident

2024-02-12 15:31:11

A major fire broke out this Monday morning in Sweden, in the Gothenburg region. The water slide of a giant amusement park caught fire, causing impressive balls of flame. Twelve people were slightly injured, according to authorities.

The flames ravaged the facility, causing several fireballs, before three explosions rang out. A large column of black smoke rose this Monday, February 12 in the morning, above Sweden’s largest amusement park. Located in Gothenburg, in the west of the country, Liseberg Park was hit by a major fire, causing 12 minor injuries, according to authorities.

Water slide explodes

The fire particularly spread in a new aquatic area not yet open to the public. The pictures below show precisely the moment when the flames cause the explosion of the brand new water slide. Other Internet users captured the moment when several explosions destroyed the installation, overhung by a thick cloud of black smoke.

There are open flames in Liseberg’s new Oceana bathhouse. The emergency services are on site with a large number of units. According to people on the scene, loud bangs have been heard and a VMA has gone out to the public. pic.twitter.com/y2QHX5wlrD — Gothenburg Post (@GoteborgsPosten) February 12, 2024

A dangerous situation, which prompted the police to evacuate a hotel and adjacent offices at the Liseberg amusement park, located in the center of Gothenburg. This unpredictability of the fire is notably linked to the presence of a lot of plastic in the structure, as highlighted by the local press, and which caused thick black smoke. On site, the emergency services of the region therefore asked people in the surrounding area “to stay indoors and close doors, windows and ventilation”.

Thick black smoke emerges from the Oceana Waterworld fire, February 12, 2024 – Bjorn LARSSON ROSVALL / TT News Agency / AFP

“A large fire broke out at the Liseberg Oceana water park. The fire started in one of the water attractions outside the building and then spread throughout the building”, Liseberg said in a press release. It is too early to comment on a possible criminal origin of the disaster and to give an assessment of the damage, the police said in their press release. The water park is part of an amusement park expansion project and was expected to open later in 2024.

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