July 18, 2004

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  Fire-walking not such an enjoyable feat

  
  

  An attempt to create a world record for fire walking has led to 28 people being treated for burns.

  
  

  They were among 341 people who fulfilled criteria set by the Guinness Book of Records - stepping inside markers on the side of the 3.5 metre-long pit and being aged over 14 - and about 100 to 150 more who did not but also walked across the hot charcoal pit.

  
  

  The event, run by the New Zealand International Science Festival as a fund-raiser for defibrillators for the Order of St John, raised about $1000. But St John spent more than that treating patients.

  
  

   

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