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A FIRE-EATER has set fire to a big top circus tent with 113 children inside, leaving multiple people injured. The tent caught on fire during a dress rehearsal in Aldenhoven, Germany. 17 children ...

More than a dozen children have been injured in a circus tent fire in the German town of Aldenhoven. According to a report by local media, 113 children were inside the tent at the time the fire ...

They said: "This good news immediately sparked great cheers in the circus tent." The children will have another dress rehearsal on Friday morning - but this time there will be no fire-eater.

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A huge blaze has torn through a circus tent where hundreds of children were rehearsing for a performance. A further four people were left needing medical treatment, including a kindergarten ...