Greater fire destroys Tomorrowland-main stage before the festival start

Greater fire destroys Tomorrowland-main stage before the festival start

A huge fire destroyed the main stage of the world-famous Tomorrowland festival in Belgium, and this just a few days before the planned opening on Friday.

serious damage to the main stage

The organizers of the festival announced in a statement on Wednesday evening: "Because of a serious incident and the fire on the Tomorrowland main stage, our beloved main stage was significantly damaged." They also confirmed that nobody was injured during the incident.

spectacular scenes on the festival site

videos showed thick black smoke swaths that climbed over the festival site in Boom, Belgium. Fireworks could also be seen and heard in the distance. According to the Belgian public broadcaster VRT, the main stage of the festival was almost completely burned down. The emergency services are on site, but the fire is not yet under control.

evacuation of the employees

At the time of the fire, there were no festival goers on the premises, but around 1000 employees were present, which were now evacuated, VRT reported. The electronic dance music festival should begin on Friday.

optimism of the organizers

In their explanation, the organizers emphasized that the "Dreamville" campsite will be opened on Thursday as planned and that they concentrate on finding solutions for the festival weekend.

call for caution

The local police confirmed the fire in a contribution to X and asked people to keep themselves away from the smoke and clear the way to the emergency services. It is still unclear how the fire arose, reported VRT.

In addition to this information, CNN contributed to this report with Majlie de Puy Kamp.