Image Group LA/ABCPolice are responding to reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena in England where an Ariana Grande concert was taking place and telling individuals to stay away from the area.
In a statement, police said there are a “number of confirmed fatalities” as well as additional injuries.
A rep for Ariana tells ABC News that Ariana is OK and that they are investigating what happened.
Manchester Victoria station has been evacuated and trains are unable to run.
Concertgoer Josh Elliot tells the BBC, “Basically, she finished her last song. ‘Dangerous Woman,’ and the house lights came up and everyone started to walk out, and we heard like, a really like big bang – there was only one bang, people are saying there was two, we only heard one.” He added, “It was just, it was absolutely hectic, it was.. unreal – it was like, it was something out of a film, everyone was just charging towards… the doors.”
Another concertgoer, Rebecca Beatty tells the BBC, “There was a lot of people pushing and really trying to get out quickly and obviously because of the congestion of people, I can understand there being injuries.”
Some fans posted video of the incident on Twitter.
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EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER ARENA AND EVERYONE RAN OUT SO SCARY😭 pic.twitter.com/pJbUBoELtE
— ♡♡ (@hannawwh) May 22, 2017
