SEVENTEEN Fans Injured at Group’s Concert, Pledis Entertainment Apologizes for ‘Defective’ Fireworks

Pledis Entertainment is taking accountability aft a mishap involving “defective” fireworks near astatine slightest 2 fans injured astatine the SEVENTEEN‘s caller concert.

In a connection posted to Weverse soon aft the amusement successful Incheon, South Korea, connected Saturday (Sept. 13), the amusement institution explained that immoderate of the explosives utilized “during the last segment” of SEVENTEEN’s show “unexpectedly fell toward the audience,” hurting respective individuals successful the crowd.

“While a nonrecreational institution established harmless distances and directions and conducted repeated inspections earlier the concert, we recognize that this incidental occurred owed to a defective product,” the Korean-language connection read, according to Google’s English translation. “We profoundly apologize to each assemblage members who were amazed oregon inconvenienced by this abrupt situation.”

The connection went connected to stock that “the 2 assemblage members confirmed to person been injured astatine the venue received contiguous attraction astatine the impermanent session wrong the performance hallway and returned home,” noting that Pledis volition “actively support” those fans successful immoderate further treatments they mightiness need.

“We volition nonstop a abstracted connection to assemblage members connected the time of the performance to find whether determination were immoderate further damages and to find the circumstantial circumstances,” it continued. “We sincerely apologize erstwhile again for immoderate inconvenience oregon interest this whitethorn person caused. We volition proceed to prioritize the information of our audiences and bash our champion to make an adjacent safer show environment.”

The performance successful question was the kickoff amusement connected SEVENTEEN’s New_ World Tour, taking spot astatine Incheon’s Asiad Main Stadium. The set played a 2nd amusement astatine the venue the pursuing night, but the defective peculiar effects were excluded from the program.

After the archetypal amusement successful Incheon, fans shared their experiences with the stray fireworks connected societal media. “It was truly dangerous,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X, sharing photos of their burned garment and thanking chap assemblage members for helping to “put retired the embers connected my apparel with their bare hands.”

“I went to the pain specializer infirmary exigency country yesterday for treatment, and it’s astatine slightest a 2nd-degree burn!” they continued successful the replies, according to the platform’s English translation. “They accidental pain attraction needs to beryllium monitored, and it could beryllium a 3rd-degree pain oregon a heavy 2nd-degree burn.”

As a “more thorough information inspection” takes spot regarding the tour’s fireworks, according to the Weverse statement, SEVENTEEN volition proceed the trek with 2 shows successful Hong Kong astatine the extremity of September. The radical volition past execute a drawstring of shows successful the United States successful October fo...