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About 100 people were watching the display About 20 people, including several children, were hurt when a firework went out of control at an evening display in Bedfordshire.
The firework misfired and hit people in the 100-strong crowd at an organised display at the scout hut in Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, on Monday.
Those hurt suffered burns and cuts and ranged from a child aged six to a woman, 43, with serious leg injuries.
They were all taken to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital for treatment.
Seven ambulances from Leighton Buzzard and Luton were called out.
Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “We believe the firework went off and flew into the crowd watching the display.”
Bedfordshire Police said the Health and Safety Executive had been informed.
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