I had nothing to do with this, I swear!!!homegrown wrote:2 Suffer Serious Burns In Fire At ACL fest
ACL Fire
(CBS 42) AUSTIN The smoke has cleared after a large fire on Stratford Drive in Zilker Park (map) at the Austin City Limits Festival Friday.
Thousands of folks were listening to music when they saw flames and smelled smoke.
They say that's when the loud speakers warned them to stay back.
Firefighters say they feared the worst, and so did some in the crowd -- a blaze burning at a festival with propane tanks exploding makes for a dangerous day.
Austin Emergency Medical Services received word about the fire shortly after 2:30 p.m. Crews assigned to the festival responded the scene.
Four men were injured, two were severely burned. All were taken to Brackenridge Hospital. There names are not being released at this time. The men were vendors, and not patrons, officials say.
Shortly after 4:30 p.m., the severely burned men were transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
The fire started in a vendor's personal camper and then caught a nearby car on fire. At one point flames were higher than the trees. Thick, black smoke billowed from the scene.
The fire spread to a fence and a tree.
Smoke and fire were visible throughout the Downtown area.
A police officer told CBS 42 News that the fire started behind one of the bars near a food vendor.
After seeing an incredible Wilco show in Dallas on Friday night (more on that in a second) I made my way back to Austin on Saturday. Hearing the news of the fire on the radio, I quickly thought of Calexico's post and nervously began to imagine that I better steer clear of Zilker Park. For a second I felt like I was in a Dean Koontz novel. Helicoptors would be following my every move. Not realizing that I had unknowingly attended a Wilco show in Dallas that was put on by none other than Charles Attal himself, I began to fret that my destiny would find me in the back of a dumpster somewhere in S. Austin, my body covered in ACL programs and broken souvenir cups. Upon entering the brand spanking new venue in Dallas where Wilco performed, all entrants wishing to drink adult libations were asked to present their drivers liscence at the door. After scanning said liscence into a computerized turnstile a wristband instantly popped out of the other end. On the wristband read several numbers,the venues name, and C3 presents. As in Charles Attal and Co. Just to the right of the C3 was my name, IN BOLD PRINT. This was a concert first for me. I must admit to having attended several concerts and sporting events in the past year and never had I encountered such a "device." Just to be safe, I poked my head into the arms of other concert goers to ensure that Big Brother Charlie was not watching just me...
To be continued.
(I have to bolt, will finish my story later.)
