🚨 EXPLOSION AND FIRE ROCK BAG MAN DEMO DERBY
Fireball Erupts at Bag Man Demo Derby, Multiple Down at LSIA
A massive explosion ripped through the Bag Man Demo Derby at LSIA tonight, igniting a fire and leaving several people on the ground as crews scrambled to respond.
The blast caught the crowd — and our own reporters — off guard. This anchor can confirm the heat was close enough to cost him a set of eyebrows.
Chaos on the Track
The scene turned to smoke and scattered wreckage in seconds. Multiple people were down on the ground in the aftermath. The full number of injured and their conditions remain unclear as we report.
We spoke with one driver whose vehicle flipped during the mayhem. We caught the interview with her still upside down in the wreck — bloodied, with broken bones, and somehow still talking.
The adrenaline is what kept me going. — Demo Derby Driver
That kind of grit is exactly what draws people to the derby. Whether it's enough to make it out clean tonight is another question.
This is a developing story. LSN remains on scene at LSIA and will bring you more as we confirm it.
Reported by Alex Sterling and Gregory Dang