Five people have been injured, one severely, after a pyrotechnic experiment went disastrously wrong at the Science Festival in the western city of Legnica.

The explosion happened at the Wroclaw University of Technology branch in Legnica on Thursday morning.

“Two organizers of the festival and three secondary school students were injured during an experiment with sulfur,” says Marlena Mokrzanowska from a hospital in Legnica.

One scientist was hospitalized after he lost a finger and his skin got burnt,” says Slawomir Masojc from Legnica police. (mg)

Source: PAP