Onstage pyro explosion kills Spanish singer
Promoter Prones 1SL laments “regrettable” incident as Spanish performer Joana Sainz Garcia dies following rogue firework accident
News By | 2 September 2019
A woman has died after being hit by an exploding pyrotechnic device while performing at a festival in northern Spain. Joana Sáinz García, 30, was onstage as part of the Super Hollywood Orchestra at the closing night of four-day festival in the town of Las Berlanas, 130 kilometres northwest of Madrid.
It is believed the group were playing to a crowd of 1,000.
A pyrotechnic device exploded near the singer, knocking her unconscious. Sáinz García later died in hospital.
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