AFP
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore officials on Wednesday were investigating a fire at the world's biggest observation wheel that left almost 175 tourists trapped for hours, some of them dangling high in the sky.
Tuesday night's fire in the control room of the Singapore Flyer shut down the 42-storey high observation wheel, leaving customers stuck for six hours before power was restored.
Rescue teams brought 10 people down in a sling in a dramatic operation while others waited in the Flyer's cars, each one enclosed and about the size of a small city bus, until the power came back and the wheel began turning again.
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