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\u201cI woke up at 04:00 and couldn\u2019t see anymore,\u201d said @CryptoJune777<\/a>. \u201cHad so much pain and my whole skin is burned. Needed to go to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Yuga Labs, the blockchain company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT project, says it\u2019s aware of the situation and taking the reports seriously. \u201cWe are actively reaching out and in touch with those affected to better understand the root cause,\u201d said Yuga Labs spokesperson Emily Kitts in a statement to The Verge<\/em>. \u201cWhile we don\u2019t release event attendance numbers, based on the inbounds we have received, our current estimate puts the percentage of people affected at much less than 1 percent of those working and attending our Saturday night event.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Similar symptoms, which include sunburn and waking up to severe, burning eye pain, were reported in 2017 by partygoers who attended a Hypebeast event<\/a> at The Landmark commercial complex also in Hong Kong, with the event\u2019s DJ later discovering lighting used mainly for disinfection purposes had been installed at the venue. The Landmark venue did not feature on the ApeFest event plan, and the two incidents appear unrelated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n