BREAKING NEWS Moment Tomorrowland stage goes up in flames and is destroyed by inferno just days before festival is set to start
An operation has been launched to control the inferno after it erupted on the stage at Tomorrowland in Belgium.
Dramatic footage shows the moment the stage exploded into a fireball, before a gigantic plume of smoke filled the air and emergency services stormed the area.
The festival had been due to begin on Friday - but it remains unclear whether organisers will be able to prepare the damage in time for opening night.
Around 400,000 festival goers from across the globe are set to attend across two weekends.
Around 1,000 staff members were working at the site at the time of the blaze, with the number of injuries currently unconfirmed.
BREAKING: Massive fire has destroyed the stage of Tomorrowland music festival in Belgium pic.twitter.com/GtcqWhJBCw
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