🎵 2022-08-13 12:13:00 – Paris/France.
One person was killed and dozens were injured when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse during a dance music festival near the Spanish city of Valencia in the early hours of Saturday, regional emergency services announced.
Other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts hit the Medusa Festival, a huge electronic music festival held over six days in the east coast town of Cullera, south of Valencia.
Of the injured, three suffered serious trauma and 14 suffered more minor injuries, regional emergency services tweeted. Regional health authorities later said 40 people had been treated.
"We are completely devastated and saddened by what happened this morning," organizers said in a statement posted on the festival's Facebook page.
They said "extraordinary" weather caused damage to various infrastructure at the festival site.
Staff members clean the Medusa festival venue after the stage collapsed in Cullera, Spain August 13, 2022. REUTERS
“Around four in the morning, strong and unexpected winds destroyed some areas of the festival, forcing management to take the immediate decision to leave the concert area to guarantee the safety of participants, workers and artists,” said the directors. organizers.
The festival has been suspended for the time being, they said.
National broadcaster TVE showed footage of strong gusts of wind hitting people's tents in the middle of the night.
People are seen leaving the Medusa music festival after high winds caused part of a stage to collapse in Cullera, Spain August 13, 2022. REUTERS A civil guard car drives out of the exit rescue workers at the Medusa festival venue in Cullera, Spain, August 13, 2022. REUTERS
“We are in shock because we were 30 meters (from the scene). It could have been me, it could have been anyone," Jesus Carretero, who attended the festival with his brother, told TVE.
National weather agency AEMET said there were "strong gusts of wind and a sudden rise in temperatures" overnight, with gusts of 82 km/h (51 mph) recorded at the airport in Alicante in the Valencia region.
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