The fire consumes the support tent at Lollapalooza, but will not affect the shows

The fire consumes the support tent at Lollapalooza, but will not affect the shows


The flames broke out in an isolated place and were quickly put out by the São Paulo firefighters.

A fire broke out on Thursday evening (3/21) in a support tent at Lollapalooza Brasil, at the Autódromo de Interlagos, in Sao Paulo. The music festival begins as normal this Friday (22/3), with performances by Luísa Sonza, The Offspring and Blink-182.

According to information from the fire department, the fire consumed a tent located on Avenida Berta Waitman and three vehicles were sent to contain the flames. “Fire put out by teams. Aftermath phase”, they wrote on X (formerly Twitter) regarding the first information on the fire.

“Update at 11.32pm fire in a tent in Av Berta Waitman, 01 – Rescued. There are no victims. The place is safe”, reads another fire brigade publication, specifying that no one was injured on site . A video showing flames at Lollapalooza has gone viral.

Quem magazine got in touch for more information, but the São Paulo firefighters specified that any updates will be published exclusively on the company’s official profile on the social network. The festival team confirmed there were no injuries and spoke about the fire.

“The festival organization confirms that a fire broke out, which was promptly put out. The incident occurred in an isolated manner, in a support tent, currently closed. There were no injuries and no other areas or structures of the event was affected. The schedule The opening of the doors on the first day of the event, this Friday, remains as planned,” he said in a statement.

Source: Terra

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