Soundwave music festival 2013 at Olympic Stadium, Homebush. Picture: Attila Szilvasi Source: The Daily Telegraph
A flare is let off in the Soundwave Sydney mosh pit. Picture: Instagram Source: Supplied
A YOUNG heavy metal fan suffered severe burns after she was struck by a flare during last night's Soundwave concert at Sydney Olympic Park.
In the middle of Bring Me The Horizon's set a magnesium flare was lit in the moshpit, injuring the girl and those around her.
Sustaining burns to her forearm, the girl was rushed to hospital where she went underwent emergency treatment.
At this early stage of the police investigation, it is thought the flare may have burnt some plastic which then fell on the woman and caused the burns.
Music fans reacted angrily on social media sites about the stupidity and dangers of lighting a flare in the crowd.
"I was hit by that flare & standing next to that girl who was really hurt. My shoulders all hurt..." Kiwi Conway wrote on Facebook.
An irate AJ Maddah, Soundwave promoter, went to Twitter to voice his rage towards the offender.
"Massive awful burn on her forearm. I am devastated for her," AJ Maddah said on his Twitter feed called iamnotshouting.
"If you see anyone with a lit flare please take their photo and tweet to me so I can hand to police."
Last year, a 23-year-old man was critically injured in an accident during the Soundwave music festival at Brisbane's RNA Showgrounds.
The young man underwent life-saving surgery after he suffered massive head injuries caused by a 5m fall from the top of a staircase at the exhibition hall.
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