Woman ‘on drugs’ at Mushroom Valley Festival jumps in fire

A French tourist is fighting for her life after jumping into a campfire three times while reportedly high on hallucinogenic drugs at an Australian music festival.

The woman, 21, was airlifted to hospital from the Mushroom Valley Festival in north Queensland in the early hours of Sunday morning. 

It is believed she stumbled into bushland towards another campsite where she repeatedly fell into the fire, causing horrific burns to 40 per cent of her body.  

It is believed the woman stumbled into bushland towards another campsite where she repeatedly fell into the fire (stock image)

The reveller also suffered severe cuts from a barbed wire fence she climbed to reach the campsite, the Brisbane Times reported. 

Rescue teams arrived by helicopter at around 2.30am and flew her to the Mackay Base Hospital where she remains in a serious condition. 

The festival’s organiser, who was made aware of the woman’s injuries at around 11pm on Saturday, said the incident was out if his control.  

‘We were presented with a situation and we dealt with it in the most professional manner that we could,’ Ben Irving told the Townsville Bulletin.

The woman, 21, was airlifted to hospital from the Mushroom Valley Festival in north Queensland in the early hours of Sunday morning

Organisers of the three-day event stress a strict no drug policy on the festival’s website

‘Accidents happen all the time and that was something that we couldn’t have controlled.

‘All we can do is create the safest space we can and have all the services that we can to keep people safe. It’s still hard to control everybody and an incident like that, especially if they’ve left the festival.’

Organisers of the three-day event stress a strict no drug policy on the festival’s website.