22,000 people evacuated after fire erupts on stage at Tomorrowland Unite

Attendees were evacuated from the Barcelona event after the stage burst into flames last night.

The crowds gathered in Barcelona for Tomorrowland Unite to watch the live stream from the Belgium festival before the stage caught fire. Festival goers took to Twitter to share footage of the flames as they left the event.

Dios mío el #UNITEWithTomorrowland ardiendo pic.twitter.com/U2qJcVZ2Yh

— Sr.Cheeto (@Srcheeto) July 29, 2017

#tomorrowland #unitewithtomorrowland #barcelona #incendio incendio pic.twitter.com/fk0u2443oI

— Ale Ayerdi (@AyerdiX) July 29, 2017

Está ardiendo el tomorrowland Barcelona... Han evacuado la zona central. pic.twitter.com/OCDADEZow7

— iLeoVlogs (@iLeoVlogs) July 29, 2017

The team behind the event now says the blaze was a result of a technical malfunction. "The fire brigade's initial hypothesis is that there was an overheating of the material used in the construction of the stage during the presentation of a pyrotechnic spectacle," the Globo website reported. Authorities alongside event staff managed to evacuate all 22,000 attendees and so far, there are no reports of any serious injuries.