Footage from Boomtown has captured the moment that festivalgoers received the government’s emergency wildfire alert at the same time – watch below.
O alerta foi enviado para telefones celulares em toda a Inglaterra e no País de Gales às 19h de sexta-feira (14 de agosto), enquanto a edição deste ano do festival estava acontecendo na Matterley Estate, perto de Winchester.
In footage spreading on social media, you can see and hear the cacophony of thousands of siren-like alerts all sounding off at the same time in the Boomtown campsite, prompting laughter and shouting from those in attendance.
The government message was labelled as a “severe alert” and warned recipients that there was “a serious risk of wildfires nationally”.
People were instructed not to light barbecues, campfires, fireworks or anything else that could start a blaze during this period of extreme heat, and to call 999 immediately if they spotted a fire.
It was the most expansive use of the UK’s emergency alert system in response to an active incident to date, with all compatible devices in England and Wales receiving the alert and making the loud siren sound for approximately 10 seconds.
Foi um ano recorde de incêndios florestais na Inglaterra e no País de Gales, com mais de 1000 incidentes já relatados. Os serviços de bombeiros haviam declarado 11 incidentes graves nas 24 horas que antecederam o alerta, enquanto casas haviam sido destruídas em Stourbridge, nas Midlands Ocidentais.
Emergency services have also been deployed to tackle fires in South Wales, while the government has introduced a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbecues.
This year’s Boomtown is running all weekend, with Kneecap, Madness and Scissor Sisters topping the bill, and Skrillex, Four Tet, Faithless and Floating Points also among the acts playing.
Earlier this year, Boomtown was given permission to remain at the Matterley Estate until 2030, despite some objections from local residents and environmental campaigners.
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Informação baseada em material público de NME, reescrito pela redação ULTRA NOTÍCIAS.
