Fire breaks out at Coachella music festival
A fire has broken out at Coachella music festival in California, with footage showing the blaze tearing through a shower block. Attendees shared films on social media of the fire, which took place at the festival’s campsite in the early hours of Saturday. The festival – which kicked off on Friday evening with a performance by Donald Glover’s alter ego, Childish Gambino – is one of the world’s most popular music events, with tens of thousands of people attending over its first weekend. But the fire caused panic, with footage posted online showing a man urging festivalgoers to “back up, back up” as the mobile shower unit stood ablaze behind him. showers at Coachella campground caught on fire... “everybody out of the showers now!” - someone in their towel running out pic.twitter.com/WPPUHjXgxe — 🍯 (@spxheda) April 13, 2019 couple of explosion sounds heard by us campers - luckily fire seems to be out pic.twitter.com/r2LofmUyj3 — 🍯 (@spxheda) April 13, 2019 One camper