Fire engulfs main stage of Tomorrowland festival

The principle stage hearth on the Tomorowland Competition in Belgium was destroyed, simply two days earlier than the opening of the occasion.

“Due to a severe incident and hearth in Mainstage Tomorowland, the beloved Mainstage was severely broken,” mentioned festivals organizers on Wednesday night.

The assertion mentioned that nobody was injured through the hearth, which was nonetheless unclear.

The digital dance music competition is scheduled to start out on Friday within the city of Growth, south of Antwerp, the place 400,000 persons are anticipated to attend through the weekend.

The hearth began at roughly 18:00 native time (16:00) on Wednesday. The movies posted on social media confirmed the thick grey smoke wandering within the theater.

Firefighters work to cease hearth to achieve neighboring houses and forests. Some residents have been evacuated.

In an replace printed on the competition web site, the organizers mentioned that the camp website will stay open on Thursday as it’s deliberate, and that the main target was “on discovering options to the weekend of the competition.”