(CNN) Thousands of people had to be evacuated from a music festival in Croatia after a forest fire erupted near the venue Monday night, forcing the cancellation of acts including the US rapper Tyga.

Performances will continue as scheduled Tuesday afternoon, according to Fresh Island Festival's Facebook page.

Attendees have been warned to stay on the roads while traveling to the festival and to not venture into the wooded areas.

Footage posted by attendees on social media showed a massive blaze near Zrce beach on the Island of Pag, where the Fresh Island hip-hop festival was ongoing.

Ohhh at least I got to enjoy #freshisland ... pic.twitter.com/WZ5hVHPOMy — seb (@shh360) July 16, 2019

The festival's Facebook page put out a statement in the early hours of Tuesday to say the night's performances had been paused "under instruction from the police and fire services as a safety precaution."

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