中 helium balloon explosion after explosion...New Year's Day Crowds Blend Away

[Anchor]
In China, a series of helium balloon explosions were launched to celebrate the New Year.

The festival site turned into a chaos as the gathered crowd fled to Mt. Hornby.

This is Beijing correspondent Kang Jeong-gyu.

[Reporter]
The last night of 2024.

A pile of helium balloons inside a department store makes people scramble to reach out.

At the moment, it turns into a chaos as flames shoot out like a bomb.

"Yay! Get away!"


Outside, someone fires firecrackers at balloons sent into the sky in time for the New Year's countdown.

After a while, flames soar in the street and the crowd runs away.

The explosion occurred when a fire broke out in a stall where balloons were tied up and sold on the side of the road.

A dizzying situation that could have led to a major fire or crush accident.

The custom of setting off firecrackers in the New Year to chase bad luck has led to a series of crackdown police and hide-and-seek in various places.

In Beijing, Wangfujing and other major downtown areas, the electronic display was completely turned off.

However, it did not stop the spontaneous crowds, and people had to settle for the boring New Year.

[New Year's Guest (Jangsha City, Hunan Province) : 3, 2, 1! Happy New Year! Oh, my God, there's nothing!]

This year, the dual trend of controlling the self-sustaining festive atmosphere other than the authorities-led New Year's event has been repeated, even though the sluggish economy must be revived.

I'm Kang Jeong-gyu from Beijing.

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