Party-goers hurl tonnes of tomatoes in Spanish festival

Revelers battle with tomatoes during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, August 26, 2015.[Photo/Reuters]

BUNOL, Spain - Tens of thousands of festival-goers hurled 170 tonnes of over-ripe tomatoes at each other on Wednesday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the massive food fight in the small town of Bunol in eastern Spain.

Spaniards and tourists from around the world, some wearing goggles to protect their eyes from the flying fruit, crammed the narrow streets to smear each other with seven truckloads of squashed tomatoes.

"It's crazy, like a massive orgy of tomatoes and people," said Evaran James, a 30-year-old from Australia.