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A major music festival in Barcelona has been evacuated after a massive fire engulfed its stage.
The inferno broke out at Tomorrowland Unite Spain festival hours before Steve Aoki was set to headline the event.
Video footage has emerged showing thick plumes of smoke billowing into the sky after the left hand side of the main stage caught fire.
Some 22,000 people were forced to flee, according to local media.
#tomorrowland barcelona was fire 🔥😮 pic.twitter.com/LVCEBA7AvD
— Alex Prim Lopez (@ALEXPRIMLOPEZ7) July 29, 2017
One eyewitness said on social media the stage “just exploded”.
#tomorrowland #unitewithtomorrowland #barcelona #incendio incendio pic.twitter.com/fk0u2443oI
— Ale Ayerdi (@AyerdiX) July 29, 2017
No injuries have been reported as a result of the blaze.
Sin palabras… #tomorrowlandunite pic.twitter.com/iDoNMCjz1A
— Daniel Jares (@danieljares6) July 29, 2017
Steve Aoki, best known for his chart-topping collaboration Just Hold On with One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, was due to stage at 2am local time, with one-day festival expected to carry on until 3am.
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