More than 60 students were injured on Sunday in a balloon explosion at a school in northwest China's Gansu Province, hospital sources said.
More than 1,500 small hydrogen balloons that would be used at the opening ceremony of the sports meet exploded and caught fire at around 9 a.m., injuring students nearby at the Lanzhou Electric Power School in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu.
More than 60 students were being hospitalized, according to hospital sources. However, a student from the school said more than 70 people were sent by ambulances to hospital.
The students were rushed to two hospitals in Lanzhou. Xinhua has found 64 students in the hospitals, but sources said there were a few more who suffered from severe burns.
Most of the students were suffering from burns in the face, hand, ear and back, doctors said.
The Gansu Electric Power Company had planned to hold the sports meet at the school's playground.
Investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.
来自医院的消息称：周日在中国西北部的甘肃省一所学校里，60多名学生在一起氢气球爆炸事件中受伤。
原用于运动会开幕式的1500多个小型氢气球在上午9点左右发生爆炸并且引发火灾，伤到了附近的兰州电力学校的学生。
60多名学生被送往医院就医，据医院的消息称。然而，一位该学校的学生说70多名学生被救护车送进了医院。
受伤学生被紧急送往兰州的两所医院。新华报道有64名学生住进医院，但据消息说还有一些受到7处烧伤。
大部分学生脸部，手臂，耳朵，后背烧伤，据医生说。
甘肃电力公司原打算在学校操场上举行运动会。
目前这起事故的原因正在调查中。
