22 injured during explosion in paddock area at Germany’s Nuerburgring racing track

Berlin, SANA, Twenty-two people were injured on Saturday by an explosion in the paddock area of Germany’s famous Nuerbergring racetrack.

German news agency dpa quoted the police as saying in a statement ‘’the accident, which they believe was caused by the explosion of a compressed air canister on Friday night, injured one person severely, three seriously and the others slightly’ while several people were taken to nearby hospitals by helicopter.”

Police were still on the scene to investigate the cause.

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