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Tomorrowland’s main stage severely damaged in devastating fire

Fireworks burst and smoke rises as a fire engulfs the main stage of Tomorrowland, an electronic music event, in Boom, Belgium — Fireworks burst and smoke rises as a fire engulfs the main stage of Tomorrowland, an electronic music event, in Boom, Belgium (Morgan Hermans via Reuters)

The main stage at the Tomorrowland festival in Boom, Belgium, has been severely damaged by a large fire.
The incident occurred before the annual festival, which draws tens of thousands of visitors, was due to begin on Friday.
Images showed flames and black smoke engulfing the stage and spreading to nearby woodland, with at least three-quarters of the stage believed to be damaged.
No one was injured in the fire, though around 1,000 staff members were on site at the time.
Organisers are now focused on finding solutions for the festival weekend, confirming that DreamVille and Global Journey activities will proceed as planned.

Huge fire engulfs main stage at Tomorrowland two days before festival starts — In full