An elephant has erupted (colour litho)

An elephant has exploded. In the precinct of the Fiera di Roma some workers were intent on inflating a large rubber ball in the shape of an elephant, when the envelope suddenly exploded and the hydrogen contained in it, in contact with the air, fire spreading all around a rain of fire. The workers and several of the visitors who attended the scene were engulfed in the flames that clung to their robes, while others were literally stripped of the violence of the explosion. Sixteen people had to be admitted to the hospital. Illustration for Corriere Sunday, 23 June 1957.