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| London: Ten hurt in Jewish festival explosion |
| 2018-05-03 |
| [BBC] Ten people suffered minor injuries when a fire exploded at a Jewish festival in London, police have said. Hatzola, a volunteer emergency medical service, said it provided a "mega response team" at the event in Stamford Hill. Jewish news website The Yeshiva World said a bonfire exploded when it was lit. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 When did the custom start, lord garth? And where? I never heard about such a thing when I was young. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-05-03 22:09 |
| #2 the whole idea of bonfires on lag b'omer is unfortunate the picnics and so forth are nice but the smoke from bonfires makes the picnickers cough |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-05-03 17:03 |
| #1 Some idiots apparently threw their smart phones on the pyre before it was lit because the rebbe said to, according to The Times of Israel. Thus it is proved that burning cell phones is a bad idea. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-05-03 10:49 |