A thunderstorm has left one person dead and at least 15 wounded after it caused a stage to collapse at a music festival in Canada.
Rescuers work to free people from the wreckage a stage after a storm during hit te Big Valley Jamboree in Canrose, Alberta, Canada
Rescuers work to free people from the wreckage of a stage
Thousands of fans were camping at the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, east of Edmonton, when strong winds and heavy rain hit on Saturday.
Many screamed and ran for cover as the stage suddenly came crashing down.
Camrose Police Chief Darrell Kambeitz said 15 of those injured were taken to hospitals.
It felt like bombs were going off around us in this concrete and steel building.
Country music singer Jessie Farrell
"The concert at Big Valley Jamboree was delayed and the concert bowl was being cleared when a small portion of the main stage collapsed," Mr Kambeitz said.
He went on that reports of dozens of people being trapped at the site were not true.
A thunderstorm hits the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta, Canada
Hollywood actor Kevin Costner and his band Modern West were scheduled to take the stage when the storm hit, according to the Big Valley Jamboree website.
Nashville musician Billy Currington had been performing before the structure collapsed.
A member of his band was pulled from the wreckage with a badly injured and bloodied arm.
Maria Brandon and her sister, who had been watching the show from a stand near the stage, were injured as they were tumbled into the wreckage.
"It was the most terrifying experience of our lives," she said.
The main stage at the site of the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta, Canada, after a storm.
Part of the stage collapsed
Vancouver-based country music singer Jessie Farrell said: "It felt like bombs were going off around us in this concrete and steel building."
"People were missing and trying to find each other and there was a woman who was trying to tell everyone to stop panicking, and she was panicking on the speakers."
Justin Bell, a freelance writer covering the festival, said: "It was calm and eerie for about 20 seconds then people began running," he said.
It was not clear if the event - billed as Canada's largest country music festival - was going to continue, Chief Kambeitz said.