Its on fire now at 11 00, an inferno. New video of a terrifying scene when a huge stage goes up in flames. Im christin ayers. Kpix 5s andrea borba is in the news room to show us what happened tonight. Well the fire happened during an electronic dance music concert in spain. It started in a stack of speakers in the Music Festival in barcelona. Its on fire oh my god. Reporter if you look to the right of the screen you can see the speakers first spark and then torch as a crowd of 22,000 were dancing in barcelona. Theyre reporting the cause of the fire to be on stage fireworks. Organizers blame it on a technical malfunction. The tomorrowland unite festival was being streamed from belgium. All 22,000 people were evacuated from the park without injury, though several people were treated for anxiety. The event was supposed to run until 3 00 a. M. With headliner steve aoki, but has since been abandoned. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to knock down the flames, but they warned the stage c
Bridge has been set up for passengers. More details when we get them. Turning to washington where President Trump unleashed a tweet storm this morning attacking republicans for the stinging defeat this week with the failed h Health Care Bill failed Health Care Bill. Douglas elway is in washington with the latest. White house chief of staff Reince Priebus is out after six months on the job. The former chair of the Republican National committee graciously exiting his post. Hit alg reset button hitting a reset button is a good thing. The president did that. I think hes happy. There was a little mix when things like this happen, i generally feel good. The latest in a series of switch ups. Anthony scaramucci came on board and openly criticized priebus. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is replacing sean spicer and Homeland Security secretary john kelly will be the new chief of staff. Its not a question of being a monitor or gate keep. Its a question of driving one, the agenda, making certain that agen
Peninsula. The state department pushing back against claims President Trumps remarks were unaccepted by those outside his immediate team. The United States and some of you may disagree with us, but the United States is on the same page, whether its the white house, the state department, the department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. And the world is in fact speaking with one voice. Reporter meanwhile the communist nation is also releasing a statement of its own pledging to make the u. S. Pay dearly for all the heinous crimes it commits against the state and people of this interest. Whether thats conventional, whether theyre nuclear or whether theyre special forces, the message is very clear, dont test this white house. When asked if he had any advice for those concerned over the increased rhetoric, secretary of state Rex Tillerson said firmly, no, that americans should sleep well tonight and that they should know america will defend itself if needed. Live tonight in washing
They laid flowers at the spot where he died yesterday. Dave deporous was killed after chasing a robber in a red audi who had stolen his laptop outside a cafe on telegraph avenue. Friends and witnesses. Reporter this is how friends say he would want to be remembered, spreading thiz joy through music. Friend to everyoe in the community, an excellent musician, loved nature, loved connecting people. Hosting events for the community. Reporter the 40yearold singer songwriter was killed after being dragged by a speeding car. He was sitting with his laptop outside this cafe when a man came up and grabbed it it. He chased the suspect and apparently grabbed on to the car as it sped away. The car sped down the street and dragged him. Lesley told us she heard streeching tires and came out to see him gravely injured. I dont know him but hes young. He had his whole life ahead of him. I wish he had let go but maybe he couldnt. Property can be replaced but life cant and in this instance, it was danger
At least 120 injured. Less than 24 hours after the horrific attack, police have reopened the street where it happened. Under the watchful eyes people left flowers to pay tribute to those who lost their lives. Surveillance video captured images of the van that mowed down pedestrians. Outside you can see people scattering as it barrelled down the walkway. Saw bodies flying in the air and i immediately said calm down. You have to get out of here. Your going to get killed. It was hundreds and hundreds of people. It was packed. Authorities say these terrorists then drove a second vehicle to the resort town of cambrils. Police shot and killed five of those attackers. Four have been arrested. They believ the driver of the van attack in barcelona is still at large tonight. Citizens from 43 Different Countries were among the injured. Reporter she told abc 7 news they had just finished enjoying drinks with a close friend and had started to take a stroll. She says she stopped at a souvenir kiosk