In 1997, a 13-year-old girl and her family stopped to watch an explosive demolition of an abandoned hospital in Australia. She was killed by flying debris. "Almost overnight, implosions worldwide ceased being actively promoted as spectator events," wrote Brent L. Blanchard, operations manager for consultant Protec Documentation Services, Rancocas Woods, N.J., in his history of the demolition technique. Now there is a sad new chapter. California officials are investigating what went wrong during the Aug. 3 implosion of a Pacific Gas & Electric Co.-owned power-plant in Bakersfield that propelled shrapnel more than 1,000 ft toward a large crowd of spectators, injuring several and partially severing one man's leg.
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机译：1997年，一个13岁的女孩和她的家人停下来观看澳大利亚一家废弃医院的爆炸性拆除。她被飞屑杀死。新泽西州Rancocas Woods的Protec文档服务顾问Protec文档服务运营经理Brent L. Blanchard写道：“几乎在一夜之间，随着观众的活动，全世界的内爆都不再得到积极推动。”现在有一章可悲的新篇章。加利福尼亚州官员正在调查8月3日太平洋天然气和电力公司在贝克斯菲尔德拥有的一家发电厂爆炸期间发生了什么问题，该发电厂将弹片推向了1000多英尺的观众，炸伤了几人，部分伤了一个人的腿。
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