{"id":35524,"date":"2019-07-17T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefireflyinnovations.com\/home\/?p=35524"},"modified":"2019-07-17T07:00:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T05:00:07","slug":"thousands-evacuated-as-forest-fire-bears-down-on-croatia-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefireflyinnovations.com\/home\/2019\/07\/17\/thousands-evacuated-as-forest-fire-bears-down-on-croatia-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands evacuated as forest fire bears down on Croatia music festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; 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Antonio Simmons (@antonio_simmons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antonio_simmons\/status\/1150912346971357184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Performances will continue as scheduled Tuesday afternoon, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/193200678262501\/permalink\/343430869906147\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fresh Island Festival&#8217;s Facebook page.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Attendees have been warned to stay on the roads while traveling to the festival and to not venture into the wooded areas.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Footage posted by attendees on social media showed a massive blaze near Zrce beach on the Island of Pag, where the Fresh Island hip-hop festival was ongoing.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The festival&#8217;s Facebook page put out a statement in the early hours of Tuesday to say the night&#8217;s performances had been paused &#8220;under instruction from the police and fire services as a safety precaution.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Fans were escorted to a nearby parking area to wait for shuttle buses to transport them to the town of Novalja.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;They are saying I can&#8217;t perform,&#8221; tweeted the British rapper Not3s, who, along with Tyga, was due to take to the Papaya Club stage on Monday night. &#8220;I&#8217;m backstage been here since 12:30am&#8230;&#8230;..&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">There was a long wait for the evacuees as the festival announced that the main road to Novalja was closed due to the fire. Some buses were later escorted through by police, with Fresh Island\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freshislandfest\/status\/1151049098755268611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting late Tuesday morning<\/a>\u00a0that &#8220;it is not safe to walk back to the town as the fire is still not contained.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">But Tuesday afternoon, the festival\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FreshIslandFestival\/posts\/1176617755795812?__xts__[0]=68.ARCnEa2Dw4_VqoxmVOmKicHU3pC4vyPesoQ4B0fg7_FSFSCGZqAOuwaEICTAAe5h5XxkLtwizEpFbEWfgO0sMS4xMMF_4XtWerJbh9giaZfi1c1WUqEc4hoqVlGK19TVEubldQIMSM6vv4MWjdsQWicJWSnR4bQ9OPY6103UjYOnR90zROiMdP0SqxjyAlletkRbSD4kvCWhXYgRpOamJxhvyCkDjq9_4uvvj1wpGOt7E6eYo1GkrSUpsA8atnIw5wDM5Voljt83taPd_2r73kcD58yE9sobmjiNYMGjHHuqxqtGCvVJ18ah_PNPj3mKl8G4SBIHg9DZgUoIVlMOyzHe_zQ7YhLxGjoCFW4kkVwwaHdikPmDD6L-l_EiEfArqU7kvWM1qPmMIlPPrY3kvxKMszRJW2rpRmpud2GG&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0that emergency services had reopened the road and deemed the beach to be safe.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The three-day event was due to end on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Re Blog &#8221; 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