BARCELONA, Spain — More than 20,000 concertgoers were forced to evacuate a music festival in Barcelona over the weekend after flames engulfed the event’s stage.
The fire on Saturday night consumed the large outdoor stage at the Tomorrowland electronic music festival held at Barcelona’s Parc de Can Zam.
Twelve firefighting units needed around an hour to extinguish the flames just before midnight.Firefighters said they were investigating the cause. Organizers of the festival said the stage caught fire “due to a technical malfunction.”
“Thanks to the professional intervention of the authorities, all 22.000 visitors were evacuated safely and without reports of injuries,” organizers said in a statement. “Authorities will…
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