A violent storm caused a concert stage to collapse Saturday evening at the Big Valley Jamboree, a music festival just outside of Edmonton in Camrose, Alberta, reports The Edmonton Journal. One person has died and at least 60 are reported to be injured as a result of the incident, per iNews 880.

@jessiefarrell, a country singer from Vancouver per her bio, used her Twitter account to provide riveting accounts from the scene well before media reports on the incident.

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   jessiefarrell OH MY GOD! I’m in the middle of a Tornado at #BVJ !!! 02 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
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   jessiefarrell Seriously folks this is scary. What do we do? There are no solid structures around. Do we stay in the trailor? #bvj #hurricane 02 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
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   jessiefarrell Im in Safe structure. Come to the trade centre. The lights just went out. #bvj # hurricane 02 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
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   jessiefarrell Billy Currington has been hit in the face. His bass player is “missing” #BVJ #hurricane 02 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
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   jessiefarrell Security on site has just told me lots of security, attendees & musicians unaccounted for. #yegstorm #bvj 02 Aug 2009 from Tweetie

@Jesse_Tucker, a guitarist, songwriter, and singer from Vancouver, also tweeted from the event.

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   Jesse_Tucker Full evacuation at #bvj. Hurricane force winds. Stage is down. http://twitpic.com/cg5kp 02 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
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   Jesse_Tucker Safest place to be right now is inside the #bvj trade show. I may do a show n’ shine 02 Aug 2009 from txt

@SimonOstler, an assignment editor and producer at Global Edmonton, posted the following TwitPic from the event:

Other locals tweeted from either at the event or near it and provided additional context.

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   andreakuefler BVJ stage is toast. It just blew over. Intense. Wow. I can’t believe what just happened. 02 Aug 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   BrentWelch Calgary STARS being dispatched to #BVJ 02 Aug 2009 from web
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   ChrisLaBossiere 660 News in Calgary just reported a storm hit bvj and no reports of injuries. WTF is wrong with MSM who ignore Social Media? 02 Aug 2009 from UberTwitter
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   BettysETown_Mic OMFG was on my way to #bvj and turned around frickin scariest storm ive driven through! 02 Aug 2009 from mobile web

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