{"id":1127315,"date":"2021-12-17T02:28:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127315"},"modified":"2021-12-17T02:28:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:28:51","slug":"five-children-killed-in-fall-from-bouncy-castle-lifted-by-wind-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-children-killed-in-fall-from-bouncy-castle-lifted-by-wind-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Children Killed in Fall from Bouncy Castle Lifted by Wind in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffive-children-killed-in-fall-from-bouncy-castle-lifted-by-wind-in-australia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-01-at-9.34.34-PM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Five children were killed and others injured when they fell from an inflatable bouncy castle that was pulled 33 feet into the air by a wind gust outside a school in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/bouncy-castle-in-australia-lifted-into-air-by-wind-killing-5-children\">reported<\/a> at approximately 10:00 a.m. local time Thursday at the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, which is on the northern coast of Tasmania, according to Fox 11.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe school was holding a celebration to mark the end of the school year,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers, emergency crews, and two helicopters rushed to the scene within minutes and administered first aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, four children \u2014 two girls and two boys \u2014 died and another five suffered critical or serious injuries and are in hospital,\u201d Tasmania Police explained&nbsp;in their initial statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities eventually confirmed to news outlets a fifth child died at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage of the scene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ykveg8RWdRM&amp;t=28s\">showed<\/a> what appeared to be the deflated bouncy castle on the ground:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Five children killed in Australian bouncy castle accident - BBC News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ykveg8RWdRM?start=28&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Tasmania Police Commissioner Darren Hine, the children were in year six, meaning they were 10 or 11-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a day where these children were meant to be celebrating their last day at primary school, instead we are all mourning their loss,\u201d Hine stated at a news conference. \u201cOur hearts are breaking for the families and loved ones, schoolmates and teachers of these young people who were taken too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Support and counseling was made available to the families, school community, and the first responders, an officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g2Ma6xVqsas\">told<\/a> reporters:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Horrific tragedy:&quot; 5 children dead after bouncy castle accident in Australia\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g2Ma6xVqsas?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Flowers, teddy bears, and additional children\u2019s\u2019 toys were placed at the school to create a memorial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart is breaking for all those impacted by the tragedy at Hillcrest Primary School in Tasmania today,\u201d Prime Minister Scott Morrison <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottMorrisonMP\/status\/1471336873851191298\">wrote<\/a> in a social media post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.289552238806\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My heart is breaking for all those impacted by the tragedy at Hillcrest Primary School in Tasmania today.<\/p>\n<p>My prayers are with the family and friends of the children who lost their lives, the injured, the first responders and all those who witnessed this deeply distressing event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottMorrisonMP\/status\/1471336873851191298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy prayers are with the family and friends of the children who lost their lives, the injured, the first responders and all those who witnessed this deeply distressing event,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five children were killed and others injured when they fell from an inflatable bouncy castle that was pulled 33 feet into the air by a wind gust outside a school &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}