Lightning Injures 15 At French Festival

Vieux Canal Festival, which takes place in the small French commune of Azerailles, had to cancel its second day after a severe storm swept over the site.  

Bernd Maerz / dpa via AP –
Lightning illuminates the sky over Annaberg-Buchholzer, southeastern Germany, Aug. 4.

Fifteen people were injured, two seriously, due to lighting, which struck in various areas of the festival site Sept. 2, according to the BBC.

People were treated onsite and in the local hospital. The remaining festival program was canceled, “following the very violent storm of this afternoon,” the Festival team announced at 4:30 p.m.

An update on Sept. 3 announced that the wounded had all been treated without complications. Sets affected by the cancellation included Black Bones, An Island For The Turtles, Pony Pony Run Run, Ayya, Backstage Rodeo and others.