In the French village of Villegongis, tens of thousands of people have turned up since Thursday for the illegal techno festival Teknival. Since Thursday, 86 people have already received medical care. The Red Cross, Civil Protection, volunteers and 240 police officers are present, the Indre department reported on Friday.
About 30,000 techno fans are present at Teknival, during the weekend that number could rise to 40,000, reports the French channel France Info. Other estimates speak of 60,000 people in attendance. Villegongis, located between Bourges and Poitiers, has only about a hundred inhabitants.
The authorities were not aware of the location for the thirtieth edition of the infamous festival. Despite a ban on impromptu music festivals, the authorities decided to ensure the safety of those present and not to evacuate the site. They have launched an investigation into the organizers of the festival.
Doctors ready
From one moment to the next, the organizers started setting up the festival on an unused meadow. “We are not going to send them away, there are too many of them,” said the owner of the meadow to channel ‘BFMTV’. He calls on the partygoers not to leave cans and other waste behind.
Rennes University Hospital sent doctors and staff to the festival grounds to be on hand in case of medical emergencies. For the time being, they mainly had to intervene in incidents linked to alcohol and drugs, the head of the emergency services told France Info.
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