22,000 Evacuated At Barcelona Music Festival
A fire at the Tomorrowland Unite stage cause thousands to evacuate.
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At one of the international stages set up in coordination with Tomorrowland's main event, a stage in Barcelona caught fire on Saturday night. Immediately, the 22,000 festival goers in attendance were evacuated.
As Billboard reported, the event was a live stream of the festival happening in Belgium.
"The UNITE Barcelona stage caught fire due to a technical malfunction," wrote organizers on the official Tomorrowland Facebook page. "Thanks to the professional intervention of the authorities all 22.000 visitors were evacuated safely and without reports of injuries."
22:09 fire was starting @TomorrowlandSPA @tomorrowland #Tomorrowland2017 #unitewithtomorrowland #UniteBarcelona #TomorrowlandBarcelona pic.twitter.com/miQv69PE5m
— Ramses Pereyra -FR3 (@Faraon_Ramses) July 29, 2017
#unitewithtomorrowland Tomorrowland is burning!🔥😱 pic.twitter.com/Tn78GYZeHY
— David Belmonte (@daviidbelmonte) July 29, 2017