Portugal. The Man's tour bus catches on fire in Iowa
[Photo by: ABC]
Portugal. The Man’s tour bus caught fire earlier this evening before the band's show in Iowa.
According to reports from Entertainment Weekly and Billboard, no one was injured, and the concert went on as planned.
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An Iowa City Bureau reporter shared on Twitter that no one was inside the bus when the fire started.
Firefighters tell me no one was injured and no one was on the bus at the time of the fire. Tonights show at the IMU goes on @KWWL pic.twitter.com/BlxTtFIz3F
— Jalyn Souchek (@JSouchekKWWL) February 14, 2018
The Iowa City Fire Department also gave an update on the situation, explaining they were able to put out the fire quickly.
Our crews were able to knock the fire down quickly. https://t.co/ogEdtXZLL2
— ICFD (@IowaCityFire) February 14, 2018
The band captured the incident on Instagram live: You can check it here. They also shared a short video of the bus on fire:
Some users shared images of the incident as well:
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