Dancers set Kong’s Vietnam premiere ceremony on fire, literally
TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 03/10/2017 09:41 GMT + 7
The giant model of King Kong is engulfed in fire at the film premiere ceremony of ‘Kong: Skull Island’ in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City March 9, 2017.
A ten-meter tall model of the cinematic beast King Kong caught fire on Thursday at the Ho Chi Minh City premiere of ‘Kong: Skull Island’.
The ceremony was held in front of the SC Vivo City shopping mall in District 7, where government officials, U.S. diplomats, celebrities, and representatives from Warner Bros. Pictures gathered to celebrate the opening of the first Hollywood blockbuster to be shot mainly in Vietnam.
Towering of the ceremony’s stage was a ten-meter tall model of King Kong, the enormous fictional ape-like beast whose name was given to the film’s title.
At around 7:10 pm, when the event’s emcee was delivering a monologue following a lively performance from fire dancers in tribal costume, smoke and flames began to rise from the left hand of the Kong model.
Within seconds the flames sprang out of control and disorder spread amongst the audience, forcing the MC to stop mid-speech.
Within five minutes the entire foam model was consumed by a raging fire and attendees were evacuated from the scene.
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