Food fight! Thousands pelt each other with 160 TONS of tomatoes in annual fruit-throwing fiesta in Spain
- August 31st, 201
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Thousands of people have pelted each other with tons of ripe tomatoes, creating a red, mushy mess in the annual Tomatina street battle in eastern Spain.
At the fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, 160 tons of tomatoes were brought in on six trucks and dumped into the crowd as they packed the town's streets for the hour-long battle.
The fight leaves the participants - many donning swimming goggles to protect their eyes - and the town's streets drenched in red pulp.
Organizers then hose the streets down within minutes of the event ending at noon, while revelers can use public showers.
The fiesta looks messy, but the acidity of the tomatoes actually cleans the town's streets.
The paid-entry event was inspired by a food fight between local children in 1945 in the tomato-producing region.
Some 20,000 people were expected to take part in this year's fight.
Lady in red: Thousands of people have pelted each other with tons of ripe tomatoes, creating a red, mushy mess in the annual 'Tomatina' street battle in eastern Spain
Messy: At the fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, 160 tons of tomatoes were brought in on six trucks and dumped into the crowd
The fight leaves the participants - many donning swimming goggles to protect their eyes - and the town's streets drenched in red pulp
Juicy: People lie in a puddle of squashed tomatoes, during the annual 'tomatina' tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol
Around 20,000 were expected to pack the town's streets for the hour-long battle, which gets particularly messy
Just minutes after the chaotic tomato fight, organizers hose the streets down while revelers can use public showers
Mayhem: The paid-entry event was inspired by a food fight between local children in 1945 in the tomato-producing region
Two women enjoy the bizarre scene as crowds of people throw tomatoes at each other during the annual 'Tomatina' fight 
Bathing in it: A man lies in a puddle of squashed tomatoes as people throw tomatoes at each other during the Tomatina
A truck unloads a huge load of tomatoes as crowds of people scramble to grab a handful and throw them at each other
Hungry: Tomatoes are poured all over a reveler during the annual 'Tomatina' fight in Bunol, 30 miles from the city of Valencia
Some 20,000 people were expected to take part in this year's fight, which saw 160 tons carted into the town's square
Puree: Two girls laugh as they pose in a puddle of squashed tomatoes at the annual 'Tomatina' festival in western Spain
Ketchup, anyone? A man lies in a puddle of squashed tomatoes at the end of huge fruit fight that is a tradition in Bunol
A man lies in a sea of red after falling into a huge puddle of squashed tomatoes moments after the bizarre fight got underway 
Revelers, practically swimming in the juice of thousands of tomatoes, battle to chuck more of the fruit at each other
Crowds of people throw tomatoes at each other, during the annual 'Tomatina', tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol
Attack from above: Revelers wearing goggles rain more tomatoes down from their balcony as they pelt people below
Ammunition: A festival-goer grabs a handful of tomatoes to throw at other revelers as the hour-long festival began 
A man unblocks a drain as tomato juice floods the streets in the traditional annual tomato fight in Bunol, eastern Spain
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