5 injured in rocket-making accident ahead of Easter tradition on Chios

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Five radical suffered superior burns precocious Sunday successful an evident mishap while preparing homemade rockets for a traditional Easter solemnisation connected the eastbound Aegean land of Chios, authorities said.

The injured were taken to the island’s Skylitseio General Hospital, according to state broadcaster ERT. One idiosyncratic was aboriginal discharged, while three men and 1 woman remained hospitalized.

Health officials are expected to measure their information connected Monday to find whether immoderate request to beryllium transferred to a infirmary successful Athens for further treatment.

Initial reports bespeak the radical had been making rockets for the yearly “rocket war” tradition successful the village of Vrontados, a long-standing Orthodox Easter customized that draws ample crowds and involves rival parishes launching thousands of homemade rockets astatine each other’s doorbell towers successful a symbolic contention dating backmost generations. 

The nonstop circumstances under which the flammable materials ignited stay unclear.