Electronic music festival Tomorrowland will go ahead as planned, despite the main stage being destroyed by a massive fire on Wednesday — just one day before festivities were set to begin.
In a statement shared on Instagram, organizers of the festival in Belgium wrote, “Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged.” They also confirmed there were no fatal injuries.
Organizers said Tomorrowland will open its DreamVille campsite on July 17, where several events and performances will take place. Additional events planned in Brussels and Antwerp will also go ahead “as planned.”
As for the remaining days of the festival, which is set to run July 18 through 20 in the town of Boom, south of Antwerp (and with weekend two running from July 24 through 27), organizers said: “We are focused on finding solutions for the festival weekend. More updates and detailed information will be communicated as soon as possible.”
Videos posted to social media in the last few hours show clouds of thick smoke engulfing the stage. Firefighters and law enforcement have not yet identified the cause of the fire, but they have confirmed all emergency services are at the scene.
Representatives for Tomorrowland did not immediately return Variety‘s request for comment. Over 400,000 are people expected to attend across the two weekends.
The lineup for this year’s festival included such artists as Swedish House Mafia, Dillon Francis, Deadmau5, David Guetta, Steve Aoki and Eric Prydz, among others.
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