air bottle injured 22 people Friday in the paddock at the Nürburgring motor-racing track in Germany.
The incident occurred the evening before the six-hour Ruhr Cup race.
Those hurt in the blast were swiftly taken to the hospital by rescue helicopter, a spokesman for the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring said. According to initial findings, the explosion occurred shortly after 6 p.m. local time (1600 GMT/UTC) behind a pit lane. It is believed that a pressurized gas cylinder caused the blast.
“This afternoon, shortly after 6 p.m., there was an incident in the paddock area at the Nürburgring in which several people were injured, some of them seriously,” police said in a statement. “According to current information, a pressurized cylinder exploded in the paddock.”
