Fireworks factory explodes – level 1

12-01-2015 15:00

There is a fireworks factory in Colombia. Some gunpowder gets on fire in the factory. The factory explodes and burns.

There is a road near the factory. A man stands on it. He has a camera. He films when the factory explodes. The explosion throws him in the air, but he is OK.

Firefighters come. They must control the fire. It takes them 6 hours.

Difficult words: fireworks (a thing which explodes with loud noises and makes colourful lights), gunpowder (a thing which can explode and looks like sand), burn (to be on fire).

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