Evacuations fire dance festival in Portugal

Several thousand visitors a music and dance festival in Portugal Wednesday evacuated at the outbreak of a major fire.

The fire broke out for unknown reasons in a parking lot at the festival Andanças. The fire spread quickly and reached include camping. There were no known casualties, but were at least four hundred cars and other vehicles damaged. About 170 firefighters were deployed to fight the fire.

'Andanças '' has been in existence for twenty years and is one of the most important folk festivals in Portugal. This year, between 1 and 7 August at least 40 000 visitors expected. Whether the event can be continued, it was not yet known.
  
    
     
      
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The fire broke out for unknown reasons in a parking lot at the festival Andanças. The fire spread quickly and reached include camping. There were no known casualties, but were at least four hundred cars and other vehicles damaged. About 170 firefighters were deployed to fight the fire.

'Andanças '' has been in existence for twenty years and is one of the most important folk festivals in Portugal. This year, between 1 and 7 August at least 40 000 visitors expected. Whether the event can be continued, it was not yet known.
  
    
     
      
        1:11
      
     'Did not think I was going to Syria '
     
     
      
        0:42
      
     Stunt with flaming arrow goes wrong
     
     
      
        3:14
      
     Sylvie's husband is wealthy oil magnate