Taiwan party killed 15
The organiser of a party which saw a fireball rip through a crowd in a Taiwan waterpark leaving 15 dead was found guilty of negligence on Tuesday and jailed for four years and 10 months.
Lu Chung-chi, owner of Colour Play Asia, was behind the event at Formosa Fun Coast where coloured corn starch being sprayed on partygoers ignited under the heat of stage lights last June, sending them running for their lives and leaving hundreds injured.
He was found guilty of negligence causing death at Taipei's Shihlin district court as relatives of the victims gathered outside waving banners calling for justice.
Almost 500 partygoers were injured in the blast, more than 200 of them seriously. Horrific video footage showed revellers - most of them between 18 and 25-years-old - screaming as they tried to escape.
Some were left with more than 90 percent burns in some cases leading to amputations, with many still enduring painful rehabilitation.
An investigation showed the hottest parts of the stage lights hit temperatures of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius, while the powder's ignition point was just 500 degrees Celsius.
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