{"id":160416,"date":"2022-07-15T14:29:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=160416"},"modified":"2022-07-15T14:29:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:29:04","slug":"horror-moment-firework-display-misfires-into-crowd-killing-boy-7-and-his-sister-24-at-bastille-day-celebrations-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/horror-moment-firework-display-misfires-into-crowd-killing-boy-7-and-his-sister-24-at-bastille-day-celebrations-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror moment firework display misfires into crowd killing boy, 7, and his sister, 24, at Bastille Day celebrations | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS is the horror moment a firework display misfired into a crowd at a Bastille Day celebration, killing a seven-year-old boy and his sister.<\/p>\n<p>Huge crowds had gathered in Cholet, France, for the annual festivities when rockets began shooting toward the swarms of people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/0029ac44-2a2d-4bff-8ca5-948d399ecfea.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bcae22ed-5ad4-4b71-b6ea-2ac12b5860ef.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Dramatic footage captured the moment the spectacular show in the sky turned sinister, leaving families running for their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Screams and cries can be heard in the harrowing clip that was taken at the gathering on July 14, which was held to commemorate the start of the French Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses described flames sparking on the grass as parents desperately clung to their kids shortly after 11pm.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-year-old boy and his older sister, 24, had been standing around fifty yards from the firework launchpad, according to Cholet prosecutor \u00c9ric Bouillard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><span>Read more on world news<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000747163406.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Brit, 34, killed on honeymoon after &#8216;ignoring red warning flag&#8217; 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and it&#x27;s just days away<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/comp-ap-6469-movie-night.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>GRAB THE POPCORN <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Love Island\u2019s Movie Night will return TONIGHT with rows &amp; shocks<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/comp-skc-love-island-recoupling-op.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>FIRST LOOK <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Shock axe TONIGHT as Love Islanders face recoupling twist<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000397465634-1.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>BILL HELP <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>One million people on State Pension to get \u00a3326 bank account boost TODAY<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Around 70 firefighters in 15 vehicles rushed to the scene in western France, Cholet mayor\u00a0Gilles Bourdouleix said. <\/p>\n<p>He said the occasion marks the first time there has ever been a malfunction at the town&#x27;s renowned fireworks display.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Laurent Picard told how he was forced to &quot;shield&quot; 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Sparks hit me and felt the heat of the blast.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Fortunately, where I was placed I served as a shield for my daughters in a way.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>FATAL FIREWORKS<\/h2>\n<p>He also claimed to see a woman receiving CPR from paramedics and another person who had been blown off their feet lying on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Bouillard said today: &quot;The majority of the public was located 150 m and more from the launch pad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The bomb disposal experts have already been heard and all the equipment has been seized for the purposes of the investigation.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Well-wishers paid tribute to the two siblings and others affected at the event on social media. <\/p>\n<p>One wrote in a tweet: &quot;Courage to the loved ones to lose 2 children at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is supposed to be a festive moment and turns into a nightmare. 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