Fire forces evacuation of Croatian hip-hop fest

Fire Festival: organisers of Croatia’s Fresh Island festival clear the site and postpone performances due to nearby forest fire

© Antonio Simmons

Attendees of Fresh Island festival in Croatia were today (16 July) evacuated following the breakout of a fire close to the festival site.

Organisers of the 7,000-capacity hip hop festival transported fans offsite after reports emerged last night (15 July) of a forest fire near to the festival site on Zrce beach, on the Croatian island of Pag.

Emergency services were still working to contain the fire this morning.

Following the evacuation, the Fresh Island team said they were unsure how the…

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