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BARCELONA — A huge fire at a music festival in Spain forced the evacuation of more than 20,000 concertgoers and incinerated the event's stage in Barcelona, the regional government said Sunday. Regional health chief Antoni Comi said 54 people in all received medical treatment, with 51 taken to city hospitals. Barcelona’s Clinic Hospital said the seriously injured passenger was a man and that his life was not in danger. "When the train arrived at Francia station it applied the brakes but at the same time it made a noisy crash," said Said Saharaui, a passenger on the train. "The passengers were thrown to the floor," he said. “Even though the train did brake it wasn’t until the crash when it reached a full stop.”

Damage was done to the train’s nose and between the train’s first and second car. Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna, who visited the scene of the accident, said the train had passed its most recent inspection on July 18. He said officials are investigating data and equipment from the driver's cabin to try to ascertain the cause of the accident. He said the 31-year-old driver has eight years of service on commuter trains. The accident happened at 7.15 a.m. (0515 GMT). The train had started at the coastal town of Sant Vicenc de Calders, south of Barcelona. In the immediate aftermath of the accident, emergency services gave several different figures for the number of passengers injured. Comi said some 18 emergency service units were deployed. "We were able to attend to the injured very quickly," he said.
A fire forces the evacuation of more than 22,000 concertgoers at the Tomorrowland music festival at the Parc de Can Zam in Barcelona, Spain. There were no serious injuries. This is the first time the festival has been held in Spain; Belgium had been the home since 2005.