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This frame grab from video footage provided by Apple Daily from reader Miss Huang on Sunday shows the moment of explosion (L) before revelers were engulfed by the fireball at the Formosa Fun Coast water park in Pali district, in New Taipei City. AFP PHOTO

TAIPEI: Witnesses described the scene at a Taiwan water park as "hell" after a ball of fire ripped through a crowd, with authorities putting the injured at nearly 500 on Sunday, more than 200 of them seriously hurt.

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