CULLERA, Spain, Aug 13 (Reuters) – One particular person was killed and dozens have been injured when excessive winds prompted a part of the primary stage to break down at a dance music pageant close to the Spanish metropolis of Valencia early on Saturday, emergency providers stated.

Different infrastructure was additionally broken when gusts battered the Medusa Pageant, an enormous digital music pageant held over six days within the east coast city of Cullera.

Thirty-two folks have been taken to hospital and three remained there on Saturday afternoon, regional well being authorities stated.

Organisers stated they have been cancelling the remainder of the pageant for the protection of attendees.

“We’re fully devastated and saddened at what occurred this morning,” organisers stated earlier on the pageant’s Fb web page, including that “excessive” climate circumstances had prompted injury to numerous infrastructure on the pageant web site.

“At round 4 within the morning surprising and violent robust winds destroyed sure areas of the pageant, forcing administration to make the rapid determination to vacate the live performance space to ensure the protection of attendees, staff and artists,” organisers stated.

The pageant, the place French DJ David Guetta was on account of play on Saturday, had DJs scheduled to play all through the evening on Friday throughout 5 phases. DJ Miguel Serna was on the primary stage for his three a.m. to four a.m set when the incident occurred.

“It was a tense jiffy, I’ve by no means skilled something prefer it earlier than,” he wrote on Instagram.

“The tragedy occurred simply on the finish of my session on the primary stage, just under it, which was essentially the most affected (space). It was a number of moments of horror, I’m nonetheless in shock.”

Nationwide climate company AEMET stated there had been “robust gusts of wind and a sudden rise in temperatures” throughout the evening, with gusts of 82 kph (51 mph) recorded at Alicante airport within the Valencia area.

“Instantly there was numerous wind, highly regarded air, all of the sand began to maneuver, we noticed tents flying,” one pageant attendee, named solely as Laura, stated.

“Folks began to return from the concert events and in line with what they advised us, elements of the stage, wooden, have been blown away, it was chaos.”

Nationwide broadcaster TVE confirmed photos of robust gusts of wind battering in opposition to folks’s tents and pageant awnings in the course of the evening, as folks shielded their eyes from the sandstorm-like circumstances.

“We’re in a state of shock as a result of we have been 30 metres away (from the stage). It might have been me, it might have been anybody,” Jesus Carretero, who was on the pageant together with his brother, advised TVE.

Extra reporting by Jessica Jones and Elena Rodriguez
Writing by Jessica Jones
Modifying by Kirsten Donovan, Ros Russell and Frances Kerry

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