Fire breaks out at Kong: Skull Island premiere
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The premiere of the new giant-ape themed blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island in HCM City on Thursday went up in flames, frightening cinemagoers.
The premiere was held at 7 pm at an outdoor stage of Vivo City shopping mall.
The incident occurred just five minutes after the ceremony opening when dancers were performing around a fire on the VND1 billion (USD43,500) stage. The flames spread quickly across the 5-metre statue of Kong himself and destroyed it; however, no injuries were reported.
At first, attendants thought it was part of the premiere night but it turned out to be a fire which five minutes later burnt down the entire stage which seemed to include large amounts of flammable material.
Firefighters were called and eventually extinguished the blaze.
Some photos of the fire:
The premiere was held at 7 pm at an outdoor stage of Vivo City shopping mall.
The incident occurred just five minutes after the ceremony opening when dancers were performing around a fire on the VND1 billion (USD43,500) stage. The flames spread quickly across the 5-metre statue of Kong himself and destroyed it; however, no injuries were reported.
At first, attendants thought it was part of the premiere night but it turned out to be a fire which five minutes later burnt down the entire stage which seemed to include large amounts of flammable material.
Firefighters were called and eventually extinguished the blaze.
Some photos of the fire:
The stage in flames
Onlookers trying to escape
The stage burnt down
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