Festival Infrastructure Failure · Crowd Safety Case
O Marisquiño Platform Collapse
During the final concert of the O Marisquiño festival in Vigo, a wooden/concrete seafront platform or promenade section collapsed, causing hundreds of attendees to fall downward and, in some cases, into the sea.
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Incident Overview
What happened
Incident name: O Marisquiño festival seafront platform collapse. Sources also describe it as the O Marisquiño / Vigo boardwalk, promenade, pier, walkway, or platform collapse.
Date: Night of 12–13 August 2018. Same-day and follow-up reports place the collapse just before or after midnight during the final concert of the festival.
Location: Paseo de Las Avenidas / Parque As Avenidas seafront promenade-platform area, near the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, dársena de A Laxe / Terminal de Trasatlánticos, Vigo, Galicia, Spain. The court PDF refers to the “Paseo de las Avenidas”; RTVE says “Parque As Avenidas”; the court record of the July 2018 authorization lists “zona de paseo del Real Club Náutico de Vigo, inmediaciones de la dársena de A Laxe, Terminal de Trasatlánticos, Paseo de Las Avenidas.”
During the final concert of the O Marisquiño festival in Vigo, a wooden/concrete seafront platform or promenade section collapsed, causing hundreds of attendees to fall downward and, in some cases, into the sea.
Casualty Position
Reported impact
Reported injuries: Early reports vary: more than 300 injured, 313 injured, 316 injured, about 377 injured, and “more than 370” injured. A later Radio Vigo / Cadena SER follow-up, citing the Xunta de Galicia’s health figures, says 467 people were treated.
Reported fatalities: No fatalities reported / no deaths reported in the sources reviewed.
Evidence note Injury totals changed across reporting. Later sources repeatedly use 467 treated, but the report notes that a directly accessible final official casualty ledger was not verified.
Key Figures
Reported scale
0
People later reported treated
300+
Early injury reports
0
Fatalities reported
2
ICU cases in some early reporting
Chronology
Sequence of events
Night of 12–13 August 2018
During the final concert of O Marisquiño, a seafront platform / promenade section collapsed.
Immediate aftermath
Hundreds of attendees fell downward, with some reports saying people fell into the sea.
Same-day reporting
Early injury totals ranged from more than 300 to around 377, with different figures for serious injuries and hospital admissions.
Follow-up reporting
Later reports, citing Xunta health figures, stated that 467 people were treated.
Operational Details
Key points
Structural collapse
The incident involved a seafront platform, promenade, boardwalk or pier area failing during a concert.
Fall hazard
Reports describe attendees falling into a lower area and, in some cases, into the sea.
Site
The source-supported area is Paseo de Las Avenidas / Parque As Avenidas, near the Real Club Náutico de Vigo.
Later legal focus
Later reporting covered responsibility disputes and renewed judicial review activity.
⚠️ Verification limit The final official casualty ledger was not verified from a directly accessible official page in the reviewed material.
Disputed Details
Conflicting information
The sources agree that the platform collapse caused mass injuries and no reported fatalities, but they differ on casualty totals and severity counts.
Disputed Detail
Total number of injured
Source 1: The Guardian reported “more than 300” injured, with nine seriously hurt.
Source 2: RTÉ/Reuters reported 316 injured.
Notes: These are early same-day figures.
Disputed Detail
Total number of injured
Source 1: RTVE reported 377 injured.
Source 2: The Local Spain reported “more than 370” injured.
Notes: These are also early updates, higher than the first wave of reports.
Disputed Detail
Total number of injured
Source 1: Radio Vigo / Cadena SER reported 467 treated, citing the Xunta de Galicia.
Source 2: Galiciaé / Europa Press also reported 467 injured.
Notes: Later follow-up and retrospective sources repeatedly use 467, suggesting the total rose as more people sought treatment after the incident.
Disputed Detail
Number seriously injured / hospitalised
Source 1: The Guardian said nine were seriously injured.
Source 2: El País English and Euronews said five were seriously injured.
Notes: RTÉ/Reuters separately said two were seriously hurt and two were in intensive care, while nine remained in hospital. These appear to reflect different reporting moments and definitions.
Not Verified
Details not confirmed
The following points were not verified in the source set.
Not Verified
Exact final official casualty ledger published directly by the Xunta/Servizo Galego de Saúde on a currently accessible official page: Not verified.Not Verified
Exact street number / postal address of the collapse point: Not verified.Not Verified
Whether any open, accessible official O Marisquiño social-media statement remains publicly reachable at the original 2018 post URL: Not verified.Not Verified
A single contemporaneous official document, directly accessible today, stating the final injury total of 467 on a government website: Not verified in the sources I could open, although later reporting attributes that figure to Xunta health updates.Source Material
References
The references below are drawn from the uploaded incident document and include news, website, and official/context sources.
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Stephen Burgen / The Guardian · News
Hundreds injured as platform falls into sea at festival in Vigo
13 August 2018
Reports more than 300 injured, nine seriously, during O Marisquiño in Vigo; says the structure was an old wood-and-concrete platform and that no one was missing by Monday morning.
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RTÉ News / Reuters · News
Hundreds hurt as promenade collapses at Spanish festival
13 August 2018
Reports 316 injured, no fatalities, nine still in hospital and two in intensive care, with lives said not to be in danger.
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El País English · News
More than 300 injured in Vigo after floor gives way during free concert
13 August 2018
Reports more than 300 injured, five seriously; says the collapse occurred on a seafront promenade/platform at O Marisquiño in Vigo, Galicia.
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Cristina Huete / El País English · News
Opposition in Vigo denounced state of promenade ahead of ill-fated festival
13 August 2018
Reports that local political criticism of the condition of the promenade pre-dated the collapse; states the incident left 300 injured, five seriously.
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El País English · News
Who is to blame for the accident in Vigo?
14 August 2018
Follow-up on the dispute between Vigo City Hall and the port authority over responsibility for the seafront boardwalk collapse that left hundreds injured.
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RTVE / EFE-based reporting · News
El derrumbe de una plataforma en el puerto de Vigo durante un concierto deja cerca de 400 heridos
13 August 2018
Reports 377 injured, seven hospitalised, two in ICU; places the collapse at Parque As Avenidas during the O Marisquiño concert.
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The Local Spain · News
More than 370 injured after boardwalk collapses at Vigo festival
13 August 2018
Reports more than 370 injuries and identifies the boardwalk as being on Rúa as Avenidas during Rels B’s set.
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Vatican News · News
Boardwalk collapses at concert in Spain, injuring hundreds
13 August 2018
Reports more than 300 injured after an ocean-side boardwalk collapsed during a concert in Vigo.
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Euronews · News
Watch: Panic as 300 injured in Vigo platform collapse
13 August 2018
Reports over 300 injured, five seriously, and says two minors were among those injured, citing local authorities and EFE.
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10
Newsweek · News
Spain Festival Accident: Hundreds Injured When Platform Collapses During Rapper Rels B Set
13 August 2018
Includes wording from an O Marisquiño statement praising orderly evacuation and rescue work after the collapse.
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Jaime González de Haz, Mauro Picatoste / Radio Vigo, Cadena SER · News
Se desploma parte del suelo donde se celebraba el festival O Marisquiño
20 August 2018
Follow-up report stating the Xunta de Galicia updated the number treated to 467 and that most hospitalised victims had by then been discharged.
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Europa Press via Galiciaé · News
La cifra de heridos por el accidente en O Marisquiño aumenta a 467
16 August 2018
Reports the injury count rising to 467 and says six people remained hospitalised.
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Estrella Digital · News
467 heridos, 6 ingresados, en el derrumbe del muelle en las fiestas de Vigo
13 August 2018
Reports that the Consellería de Sanidad raised the number injured to 467, with six still admitted.
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El País · News
467 heridos buscan una respuesta sobre O Marisquiño
13 August 2019
One-year retrospective stating that 467 injured people were still awaiting answers about the collapse.
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El País · News
El accidente de O Marisquiño se cerró en falso: Ayuntamiento y Puerto de Vigo, de nuevo bajo la lupa judicial
28 April 2025
Reports that the Pontevedra court ordered the investigation reopened and states that the 2018 collapse left 467 injured.
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El País · News
El accidente de O Marisquiño, sin culpables: vuelve a archivarse sin responsabilidad penal para el Ayuntamiento y el Puerto de Vigo
27 July 2025
Reports a renewed case closure and states that the collapse left 467 injured.
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Radio Vigo / Cadena SER · News
El juzgado no encuentra culpables concretos en el accidente de O Marisquiño
24 July 2025
Reports provisional closure of the criminal case and states that the 2018 collapse left 467 injured.
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18
Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo · Website
La APV licitará esta semana las obras de acondicionamiento del Paseo de Las Avenidas y del carril bici
17 August 2020
Official port authority statement about later works on Paseo de Las Avenidas; useful for confirming the site name and later reconstruction context.
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Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo · Website
El Puerto se muestra satisfecho con las sentencias del alto tribunal gallego que consideran responsable del mantenimiento del Paseo de Las Avenidas al Concello de Vigo
11 March 2022
Official port authority statement saying the city was repeatedly asked to repair the promenade because of the serious risk to pedestrians; also says the port took over maintenance in 2019.
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Official judicial document surfaced on Sede de Vigo / Xustiza · Website
Tribunal Supremo Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo (PDF linked via Sede de Vigo)
PDF surfaced via official Vigo electronic records; judgment text postdates the incident
The parsed judgment text records repeated port authority communications warning about the bad state of the Paseo de As Avenidas in 2016, 2017, and February 2018, and reproduces the July 2018 occupation authorization describing the event area around Real Club Náutico, A Laxe, Terminal de Trasatlánticos and Paseo de Las Avenidas.
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Concello de Vigo · Website
Crónica de lo acontecido en la ciudad de Vigo en 2018
Not clearly stated in the surfaced result
Search snippet from the city’s 2018 chronicle says a port platform gave way during a concert and caused injuries “sin consecuencias trágicas.” I did not rely on it for casualty totals because the page did not open cleanly.
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