Thousands flee fireworks explosion at Australia beach

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Thousands flee fireworks explosion at Australia beach

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Image caption Thousands got off to a scary New Years Eve

Two people were injured when a barge carrying a New Year fireworks display caught fire at an Australian beach.

A few minutes into the show at Terrigal Beach in New South Wales, an apparent malfunction caused fireworks to go off at random, some towards the beach.

Thousands of people on the beach had to be moved to safety and police sealed off the area.

Two pyrotechnicians jumped off the boat to get ashore and were later treated by paramedics for minor injuries.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42531996