Five children killed as bouncy castle caught by gust of wind in Australia

Five children are in hospital, including four in critical condition

Emergency services personnel work the scene of a deadly incident involved with a bouncy castle at the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. Multiple children have died and others are in critical condition after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 10 meters (33 feet) into the air by a gust of wind at a junior school on the island state of Tasmania on Thursday. (Grant Wells/AAP Image via AP)

Five children have died and four others are in critical condition after falling from a bouncy castle that had been lifted 10 metres into the air by a gust of wind in Australia.

The school on the island state of Tasmania had been holding a celebration on Thursday to mark the end of the school year.