“A new world record in high-fire”
“the World’s highest bonfire is lit in the town of Lustenau in the west of Austria.”
“the Fire was lit on Saturday night, before several thousand spectators, and was measured to a little over 60 metres in height. It is thus expected to poke the earlier listing in the Guinness book of records: a 47 meter high bonfire, which was held in the Norwegian city of Ålesund three years ago.”
“According to the austrian organizers, it took three months to build the structure for the fireplace. When they lit the fire was the emergency services in readiness to protect the surroundings from the large amount of sparks that were carried by the wind. As the tradition invites in some countries had an artificial witch placed on top. When the fire reached the witch, it created a small explosion that was greeted with applause by the audience.”
“Lustenau is located in the austrian province of Vorarlberg, where it is tradition to light large bonfires the weekend after ash Wednesday.”