What happened at the Medusa Festival in 2022 and why so many security controversies?
Lor that it should be a Mass event And of which hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend tragedy and cancel as a result of serious incidents. She is Medusa Festival 2022held in Cullera (Valencia) ended before planned and resulted in the most controversial edition.
It all started at dawn on August 13, when making a strong fire Drop some parts of the main stage and the entrance to the enclosure. As a consequence, a 22 -Year -old man died and another 40 was injured, some of different gravity. Hours after the accident, the festival organization decided to cancel the event and not resumed.
Poor assembly and a “thermal burst”
A few months later, according to a technical report on the incident, the Anchorage of the stage showed a variety of Importance of failures And part of the enclosure has no administration of responsible technicians. For example, it is already being haunted Some structures are wrong And tapes or wires were used for some parts.
What happened to the Medusa Festival 2022, as the State Meteorology Agency (AEMET) assured This is due to a very good “thermal explosion”. That factor for a huge decrease in moisture and started a strong Wind of the beach It ended on the part of the backdrop that was revoked, all of this despite the counterweights he had.
Despite the incident and that some of the injured are suffering from the following blows, the Medusa Festival of this 2023 It will continue its march from August 9 to 14. Artists like David Guetta, Carl Cox or Don Diablo will return to him. It is located in the same place where a year ago a young man died and 40 people were injured, that is, the Cullera beach.
