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Time of India
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Tomorrowland fire shock: Main stage engulfed in flames days before start of massive festival
Fire Breaks Out During Tomorrowland Festival Setup Chaos Caught on Camera Live Events Emergency Crews Rush to Contain the Blaze Residents Advised to Stay Indoors Amid Smoke Concerns Mayor Cancels Holiday to Respond to Crisis Tomorrowland Festival's Future Uncertain After Main Stage Burns FAQs (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel A huge fire has torn through the main stage at Tomorrowland in Boom, Belgium, just days before a large-scale annual electronic dance music festival was set to begin, as per a fire broke out on Wednesday, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky as the iconic stage went up in flames, as per The Mirror report. Around 1,000 workers were on site preparing for Friday's opening when the blaze suddenly started, as per the report. However, no festivalgoers were present, but the scene quickly turned chaotic as people scrambled away from the burning structure, according to The Mirror of the video footages shared online shows the fire starting on the right side of the stage, then spreading fast, as reported by The Mirror. It also shows shocked employees quickly moving away from the main stage towards a grassy hill as the blaze continued to tear through the structure, according to the even fireworks could be heard going off in the background, though it's unclear if they played a role in starting the fire, according to The Mirror other online videos, it can be seen that the blaze had completely destroyed the main stage, leaving only the frame of the structure behind, as per the READ: Israel bombs Syria after Iran strike, are we heading for a World War III - what we know so far While photos show that emergency services had arrived at the site with firefighters bravely battling the inferno, as reported by The to VRT News, it is still not known whether anyone had been injured in the fire. Meanwhile, residents nearby have been asked to close their windows and doors, as the fire was not yet under control at the time of writing The Mirror have shared concerns that the blaze could spread to nearby woods, and images show that the fire continues to rapidly spread through the area, although locals have been told the smoke is not toxic, as reported by The Mirror.A festival spokesperson told local media that, "Our priority now is the safety of our visitors and those in the surrounding area," as quoted by The Mirror READ: Opendoor stock skyrockets 24% — why has the rally gained momentum in recent days? While, the mayor of Boom, Jeroen Baert, has reportedly cancelled his holiday in Germany and will be returning to handle the situation as the fire broke, according to the is a massive electronic dance music festival that typically gathers more than 400,000 viewers, and this year's festival is set to start on Friday, July 18, as part of a two-weekend run that ends July 27, as reported by Mensjournal. The main stage is considered a centrepiece of the festival and typically reflects its yearly theme and this year, the theme is "The World of Orbyz," according to a Mensjournal report.A large fire broke out on the main stage on Wednesday, just days before the festival was set to begin, as per the festivalgoers hadn't arrived yet. Only workers, about 1,000 of them, were on site preparing for the event, as per the report.
Time of India
05-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
The mystery of Russia's falling tycoons: Why so many oligarchs are dying out of windows
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Who was Andrey Badalov and why is his death raising eyebrows? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Popular in International Why do Russian elites keep 'falling' from windows? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Could these deaths be part of a wider Kremlin crackdown? FAQs Another Russian billionaire has died in strange circumstances, and the pattern is too scary to ignore. Since the invasion of Ukraine, high-ranking executives, oil tycoons, and government officials have died in strange "falls," which makes people very worried about what is really going on behind closed Kremlin Badalov, a top Russian oil executive, is the most recent well-known person to die in a strange fall. Reports from the government say the deaths were suicides, but experts and critics think they are part of a larger purge that sends a scary message to anyone who doesn't follow the Badalov, 62, the vice president of Transneft , fell 180 feet from the 17th floor of a posh apartment complex on Moscow's Rublevskoye Highway, where he lived on the 10th floor. According to reports, investigators were "working at the scene,' as per a report by The to a source, "suicide" is the "preliminary cause" of death. A letter purportedly written by Badalov to his wife was discovered, but alternative versions are being investigated. The business magnate was married and had two to one source who spoke to TASS, Badalov's body was discovered beneath the windows of an apartment building on Rublevskoye state oil pipeline monopoly, Transneft, is run by 74-year-old Nikolai Tokarev, a former KGB spy who spent the Cold War in Germany alongside 72-year-old Vladimir had attended the Armed Forces' General Staff Academy, which prepares top-level officers and state administrators. He had helped Transneft "effectively overcome the challenges posed by Western sanctions" since joining the company four years prior, "during a complex and tense period."Since Putin began planning his invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago, Russia has been plagued by a string of unexplained deaths of executives connected to the oil and gas sectors. Since the conflict started, 11 people have they are frequently classified as suicides, there have been several instances where questions have been journalist Denis Kazansky made the following mocking post today: "Top managers of YUKOS and Lukoil have already fallen out of windows are you laughing at? They just fall out of windows themselves. Russian oil workers have this professional deformity. As soon as they approach the windows, their legs immediately give way."Lukoil chairman Ravil Maganov died in 2022 after he fell from a sixth-floor window at the Kremlin Clinic, Moscow's prestigious Central Clinical Hospital. The final Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, had passed away that same week, and Putin rushed into the hospital that morning to pay his final war official Marina Yankina was discovered dead in 2023 after plummeting 160 feet from a window on the 16th floor of a St. Petersburg in October 2024, Mikhail Rogachev, the former vice president of an oil company, died after falling from his Moscow apartment on the tenth Russian businessmen, government officials, and industry leaders have passed away under suspicious circumstances since the beginning of many of these cases are officially classified as suicides, others involve alleged murder-suicides, unexplained falls, or mysterious vice president, Vladislav Avayev, was discovered dead in Moscow in April 2022 along with his wife and daughter. Sergei Protosenya, a former executive at Novatek, a gas producer, was found dead at a Spanish villa a few days later, along with his wife and to Ivan Stupak, a former security service (SBU) officer and Ukrainian military analyst, many of these deaths are probably the result of Russian security to Stupak, not all of the deaths have political motivations; some might be the result of embezzlement, unpaid debts, internal business rivalries, or borrowed funds. Since 2022, at least seven of these occurrences have been to Stupak, it would take at least two people to physically throw someone out of a window, making it a dangerous and noisy activity. As demonstrated by the tragic death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in a suspicious plane crash inside Russia in 2023, the intention may occasionally be to convey a specific message. He thinks that infighting and declining economic opportunity will only fuel the trend, as per a report by Kyiv many are classified as suicides, but critics and analysts believe the sheer number and pattern indicate something more sinister is going believe it could be the result of business feuds, political dissent, or failure to cooperate with the Kremlin's tightening grip on power.
