Thousands evacuated from Tomorrowland Barcelona after speaker explodes and catches fire

MORE than 22,000 attendees at Tomorrowland Barcelona were forced to flee the festival after a stage became engulfed in flames.

Instagram photo from @nurillopis of the huge fire which broke out at the Tomorrowland Unite Spain festival in Barcelona, forcing the evacuation of the event.

TOMORROWLAND Unite Spain festival in Barcelona has been evacuated after a massive fire engulfed its stage — just hours before Steve Aoki was set to headline the event.

Emergency services said over 22,000 people were forced to flee the one-day festival late Saturday night, held in the city’s Parc de Can Zam de Santa Coloma de Gramanet, after a fire broke out on the left hand side of the main stage, The Sun reports.

Read more: Barcelona terror attack sees at least 13 people killed at iconic Las Ramblas tourist hotspot in Spain

#tomorrowland barcelona was fire 🔥😮 pic.twitter.com/LVCEBA7AvD

— Alex Prim Lopez (@ALEXPRIMLOPEZ7) July 29, 2017

An eyewitness said on social media the stage “just exploded”.

No injuries have been reported as a result of the blaze, but firefighters are said to fear the stage’s structure could collapse.

Instagram user @susanadesplat shows the extent of the fire at Tomorrowland Barcelona.

Tomorrowland Barcelona evacuated - huge fire #UniteBarcelona pic.twitter.com/qfDs876KHN

— Rex (@MisterRex) July 29, 2017

TomorrowLand Barcelona esta on fire! pic.twitter.com/0p2f7u6VQS

— Viajero del Tiempo (@Maestro_Blaster) July 29, 2017

Arde #TomorrowlandBarcelona pic.twitter.com/rhXFAulOFr

— PARRA (@SORIAPARRA) July 29, 2017

#TomorrowlandBarcelona have a new fireworks 🔥🔥😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/PzWZfumwwl

— G 3 0 (@geo_krbaje) July 29, 2017

Meanwhile, local media reported that festival organisers have vowed to refund the evacuated concertgoers.

Other acts booked to appear at the electronic dance music event, which was set to continue until 3am in the Spanish city, included Dutch DJ Afrojack and Swedish DJ Ingrosso.

When the fire broke out, revellers had been enjoying acts livestreamed to the festival from the Tomorrowland Mainstage in Belgium.

The cause of the fire has not yet been established but is being investigated, according to the local authority.

Steve Aoki was hours away from taking the stage. Picture: Theo Wargo

This article originally appeared on The Sun and has been republished here with permission.

Originally published as Thousands evacuated from Tomorrowland Barcelona after speaker explodes and catches fire