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. Despite the high number of visitors went to the evacuation in the center of Castelo de Vide in the east of the country after the first panic without problems, reported local media.
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
Impactantes imágenes nos llegan desde la vecina Castelo de Vide. Unos 400 coches, según RTP, se habrían calcinado pic.twitter.com/joPV41Zqge— Gabriel Moreno (@Gabri91MG) August 3, 2016
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